morbidezza

 [mawr-bi-det-suh; It. mawr-bee-det-tsah]  

mor·bi·dez·za

   [mawr-bi-det-suh; It. mawr-bee-det-tsah]
noun Fine Arts.
the effect of extreme softness and delicacy in pictorial and sculptural representations.
Origin:
1615–25; < Italian, equivalent to morbid(o) delicate (see morbid) + -ezza -ice
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