Impresa
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate etc.
"1613, John Webster, “A Monumental Column, A Funeral Elegy” in Three Elegies on the most lamented Death of Prince Henrie, London: William Welbie, My impresa to your lordship; a swan Flying to a laurel for shelter."
Example
More examples"1613, John Webster, “A Monumental Column, A Funeral Elegy” in Three Elegies on the most lamented Death of Prince Henrie, London: William Welbie, My impresa to your lordship; a swan Flying to a laurel for shelter."
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian impresa.
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