assai
See also: Assaí
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assai (not comparable)
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assai (plural assais)
- Alternative spelling of acai.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- "What do you make of that?" he asked. "It is surely an Assai palm," said Summerlee. "Exactly. It was an Assai palm which I took for my landmark. The secret opening is half a mile onwards upon the other side of the river."
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assai
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assai (invariable)
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El Català de l'Alguer : un model d'àmbit restringit, Barcelona, 2003, →ISBN, page 27,33,54
Corsican edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin ad satis. Cognates include Italian assai and French assez.
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assai
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- “assai” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
French edit
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Borrowed from Italian assai. Doublet of assez.
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assai
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin ad satis, from Latin ad + satis; cf. French assez.
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assai (superlative (jocular) assaissimo)
- very
- Synonyms: abbastanza, molto
- La musica da camera era assai allegra.
- The chamber music was very cheerful.
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assai
- Alternative form of assay
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assai
- Alternative form of assaje
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- Hyphenation: as‧sai
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assai
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From Late Latin ad satis. Compare Neapolitan assàje, Italian assai.
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assai