morbidezza
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of morbidezza
1615–25; < Italian, equivalent to morbid ( o ) delicate ( see morbid) + -ezza -ice
Example Sentences
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Beneath his facile brush, soft and thick, the transparencies of the skin and the morbidezza of the flesh become ideal.
From Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton
Environed thus, and with a peculiarly Italian morbidezza, or plasticity we find Machiavelli.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by William Cowper Brann
It had that creamy morbidezza one sees in a furled magnolia bud.
From A Butterfly on the Wheel by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
"He can't persuade us, Lady Auriol, that he is afflicted with the morbidezza of 1830."
From The Mountebank by William John Locke
The rather triste expression, the veiled look of the eyes, the morbidezza of the flesh tones, and the general sense of amplitude and grace give us a Fortuny who knew how to paint broadly.
From Promenades of an Impressionist by James Huneker
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