tabefatto

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin tābefactus, perfect passive participle of tābefaciō (to melt, dissolve), derived from Classical Latin tābēs (decay; melting).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ta.beˈfat.to/
  • Rhymes: -atto
  • Hyphenation: ta‧be‧fàt‧to

Adjective

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tabefatto (feminine tabefatta, masculine plural tabefatti, feminine plural tabefatte) (literary)

  1. putrefied, rotten
    Synonyms: imputridito, putrido
    Antonym: sano
  2. corrupted, infected
    Synonyms: corrotto, infetto
    Antonyms: incorrotto, puro
    • 1343, Giovanni Boccaccio, Amorosa visione [Loving Vision]‎[1], published 1833, page 45:
      Ma le tue molte tirano il liquore ¶ Mescolato col limo, e tabefatte ¶ Corrompon l’altre, e muoion con dolore.
      But many of yours [sheep] lap up the liquid mixed with mud, and, [having become] tainted, they infect the others, and die painfully
  3. (by extension) filthy, dirty
    Synonyms: imbrattato, lordo
    Antonyms: (literary) mondo, (uncommon) netto, pulito
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Further reading

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