Definitions for morbidezza

morbidezza mor·bi·dez·za

Spelling: [mawr-bi-det-suh; Italian mawr-bee- Morbidezza is a 10 letter English word.

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Definitions for morbidezza

noun

  1. the effect of extreme softness and delicacy in pictorial and sculptural representations.

Origin of morbidezza

1615-25; Italian, equivalent to morbid(o) delicate (see morbid) + -ezza -ice

Examples for morbidezza

She was tall, and her lovely arms showed through the black gauze of her dress with an exquisite roundness and morbidezza.

He can't persuade us, Lady Auriol, that he is afflicted with the morbidezza of 1830.

This morbidezza of the spirit the Mahometans call Kef; the Christians, pious ecstasy.

morbidezza, mor-bi-det′za, n. that quality of flesh-painting which gives the impression of life.

A bad painter often hits the general features, though he fall ever so short of the graces of Titian, or the morbidezza of Guido.

The colouring was more soft and Roman, with the dull gleam of pearls, a distinguished pallor, morbidezza.

Was love ever painted with more truth and 'morbidezza' than in the ninth book?

Her light drapery is raised by the breeze, and discovers the beautiful form and morbidezza of her limbs.

They blend the morbidezza of the senses with a rare feeling for natural and artistic beauty.

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