rifacimento
Americannoun
plural
rifacimentiEtymology
Origin of rifacimento
1765–75; < Italian, derivative of rifare to make over, equivalent to ri- re- + fare (≪ Latin facere to do 1 ) + -mento -ment
Example Sentences
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This rifacimento of Arion's story is not mere mythological twaddle.
From Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. by Hardenberg, Friedrich von
Since the two originals differed in character, his rifacimento retained their divers peculiarities, notwithstanding those master-touches which betray the same hand in both of its main sections.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
He is, as the careful student of the novels will perceive, a greatly strengthened and improved rifacimento of Kingcote, while Amy Reardon is a better observed Isabel, regarded from a slightly different point of view.
From The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories by Gissing, George
The Satyr which is still shown there may, according to Mr. Heath Wilson's suggestion, be a rifacimento from the master's hand at a subsequent period of his career.
From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by Symonds, John Addington
It is not a rifacimento of compliments; such is not the style with which I am saluted by the Duke of Doze and the Earl of Leatherdale!
From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
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