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Morbidezza

//ˌmɔː(ɹ)bɪˈdɛtsə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Softness, smoothness; also in a negative sense, weakness, effeminacy. uncountable

    "Yea, when we forge its image in hir excellencie, we deck it with epithets of sickish and dolorous qualities: languor, effeminacy, weaknesse, fainting and Morbidezza, a great testimony of their consanguinity and consubstantiality."

  2. 2
    A naturalistic delicacy in flesh tones. uncountable

Etymology

From Italian morbidezza.

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