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morbidezza

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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; < It, equiv. to morbid(o) delicate (see morbid ) + -ezza -ice
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