giovenile

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒo.veˈni.le/
  • Rhymes: -ile
  • Hyphenation: gio‧ve‧nì‧le

Adjective

giovenile (plural giovenili)

  1. (archaic or literary) Alternative form of giovanile
    • 1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “I — Voi ch’ascoltate in rime sparse il suono”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 1–3; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:
      Voi ch’ascoltate in rime sparse il suono ¶ di quei sospiri ond’io nudriva ’l core ¶ in suo mio primo giovenile errore ¶ quand’era in parte altr’uom da quel ch’i’ sono,
      Ye who in rhymes dispersed the echoes hear of those sad sighs with which my heart I fed when early youth my mazy wanderings led, fondly diverse from what I now appear,
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