Italian edit

Etymology edit

From il- +‎ leggiadro +‎ -ire.

Verb edit

illeggiadrìre (first-person singular present illeggiadrìsco, first-person singular past historic illeggiadrìi, past participle illeggiadrìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to embellish, to make more attractive, to prettify
  2. (transitive) to make graceful or more graceful
  3. (intransitive) to become more attractive [auxiliary essere]
  4. (intransitive) to become more graceful [auxiliary essere]

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Further reading edit

  • illeggiadrire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana