abbarbagliamento

Italian

Etymology

From abbarbagliare (to dazzle) + -mento (-ment).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ab.bar.baʎ.ʎaˈmen.to/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Hyphenation: ab‧bar‧ba‧glia‧mén‧to

Noun

abbarbagliamento m (plural abbarbagliamenti)

  1. dazzlement (condition of being dazzled)
    • 1889, Giovanni Verga, Mastro-don Gesualdo, Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, published 2010, page 299:
      Poi, quando fu sola, a un tratto, con un gesto disperato, si strappò la gorgierina che la soffocava, con un'onda di sangue al volto, un abbarbagliamento improvviso dinanzi agli occhi
      Then suddenly, when she was alone, with a desperate gesture, she tore off the gorget that was suffocating her, with a rush of blood to her face, a sudden dazzlement in front of her eyes
  2. (figurative) mistake, error

Further reading

  • abbarbagliamento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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