biancicante

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bjan.t͡ʃiˈkan.te/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: bian‧ci‧càn‧te

Participle

biancicante (plural biancicanti)

  1. present participle of biancicare

Adjective

biancicante (plural biancicanti)

  1. (literary) whitish
    Synonyms: biancastro, (uncommon) biancheggiante, bianchiccio, (literary, archaic) biancoso
    Antonyms: nerastro, (literary) nereggiante, (uncommon) nericcio, (literary, rare) nerigno, nerognolo
    • c. 1260s, Brunetto Latini, chapter III (chapter 3), in Il tesoretto [The little treasure]‎; collected in Raccolta di rime antiche toscane‎, volume 1, Palermo: Giuseppe Assenzio, 1817, page 17:
      Li belli occhi, e le ciglia,
      E le labbra vermiglia,
      E lo naso affilato,
      E lo dente argentato,
      La gola biancicante,
      E l’altre beltà tante
      The beautiful eyes, and eyelashes, and the crimson lips, and the thin nose, and the silvery teeth, the white neck, and the many other beauties

Further reading
  • biancicante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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