cosiffatto

Italian

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Etymology

così (so) + fatto (made)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko.zifˈfat.to/, [koz̪ifˈfät̪t̪o̞]
  • Rhymes: -atto
  • Hyphenation: co‧sif‧fàt‧to

Adjective

cosiffatto (feminine singular cosiffatta, masculine plural cosiffatti, feminine plural cosiffatte)

  1. such, similar
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri; Umberto Bosco, Giovanni Reggio, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition, Firenze: Le Monnier, published 1994, →ISBN, Canto V, lines 37-39, page 73:
      Intesi ch'a così fatto tormento ¶ enno dannati i peccator carnali, ¶ che la ragion sommettono al talento.
      I understood that unto such a torment ¶ the carnal malefactors were condemned, ¶ who reason subjugate to appetite.
  2. like this or like that

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