biltade

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bilˈta.de/
• Rhymes: -ade
• Hyphenation: bil‧tà‧de

Noun

biltade f (plural biltadi)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of beltà (“beauty”)
   • c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato terzo, Capitolo VIII [Third treatise, Chapter 8]”, in Convivio [The Banquet]‎^[1], Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964, section 21:

     conchiudo, sotto colore d’ammonire altrui, lo fine a che fatta fue tanta biltade; e dico che qual donna sente per manco la sua biltade biasimare, guardi in questo perfettissimo essemplo

     I disclose, under the pretense of admonishing someone else, the end for which such beauty was made. And I say that any lady who hears her beauty slighted for some defect should gaze upon this most perfect example

Anagrams

• Tebaldi, beltadi