piacevole
Britishadverb
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making expiation for a sacrilege
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requiring expiation
Etymology
Origin of piacevole
C17: from Latin piāculum propitiatory sacrifice, from piāre to appease
Example Sentences
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Not serious, but piacevole, with an elegantia quædam prope divinum; therefore molto utile.
From Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
Sarebbe impossibile avesse avuto un tiranno migliore e più piacevole, writes Guicciardini: "Florence could not have had a better or more delightful tyrant."
From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.
I suppose I should be stretching a point if I said that Samson Agonistes was cosa molto piacevole ed utile.
From Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
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