ferreo
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See also: férreo
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably borrowed from Latin ferreus. By surface analysis, ferro (“iron”) + -eo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ferreo (feminine ferrea, masculine plural ferrei, feminine plural ferree)
- (rare, relational) iron
- (figurative, by extension) resistant, robust
- Synonyms: resistente, robusto
- (figurative, by extension) inflexible, rigid, rigorous
- Synonyms: inflessibile, rigido, rigoroso, risoluto, irremovibile
- disciplina ferrea ― iron discipline
- volontà ferrea ― iron will
- 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
- Ci voleva pure una certa agilità mentale, la capacità di applicare in un dato momento la logica più ferrea, e di ignorare subito dopo i più grossolani errori di logica.
- It needed also a sort of athleticism of mind, an ability at one moment to make the most delicate use of logic and at the next to be unconscious of the crudest logical errors.
- (literally, “It took even a certain mental agility, the capacity to apply in one given moment the most rigorous logic, and to ignore immediately after the crudest logical errors.”)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- ferreo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ferreō
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