biltade

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bilˈta.de/
  • Rhymes: -ade
  • Hyphenation: bil‧tà‧de

Noun

biltade f (plural biltadi)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of beltà (“beauty”)
    • c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato terzo, Capitolo VIII [Third treatise, Chapter 8]”, in Convivio [The Banquet]‎, Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964, section 21:
      conchiudo, sotto colore d’ammonire altrui, lo fine a che fatta fue tanta biltade; e dico che qual donna sente per manco la sua biltade biasimare, guardi in questo perfettissimo essemplo
      I disclose, under the pretense of admonishing someone else, the end for which such beauty was made. And I say that any lady who hears her beauty slighted for some defect should gaze upon this most perfect example

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