vampa
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Verb edit
vampa
- third-person singular past historic of vamper
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Gender change from vampo (“intense heat or brightness”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vampa f (plural vampe)
- heat, flame
- c. 1316–1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XVII”, in Paradiso [Heaven][1], lines 7–9; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate][2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
- Per che mia donna «Manda fuor la vampa
del tuo disio», mi disse, «sì ch’ella esca
segnata bene de la interna stampa- Therefore my Lady said to me: "Send forth the flame of thy desire, so that it issue imprinted well with the internal stamp"
- (figurative) hot flush (skin sensation)
- (figurative) burning sentiment
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- vampa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vampa f (plural vampi)