abbiccì
Italian
Etymology
Univerbation of a (name of the letter A) + bi (name of the letter B) + ci (name of the letter C).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab.bitˈt͡ʃi/*
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: ab‧bic‧cì
Noun
abbiccì m (uncountable)
- alphabet
- c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato quarto, Capitolo XV [Fourth Treatise, Chapter 15]”, in Convivio [The Banquet], Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964, section 16:
- E di questi cotali sono molti idioti che non saprebbero l’a. b. c., e vorrebbero disputare in geometria, in astrologia e in fisica.
- Among these are to be found many uneducated individuals who have scarcely learned the letters of the alphabet but are nevertheless willingly enter into discussions of geometry, astrology, and physics.
- (figurative) ABC, abc (fundamentals of a subject)
- ABC, abc (primer)
Further reading
- abbiccì in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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