preclaro

Borrowed from Latin praeclārus (“very clear or bright; famous”).

• IPA^(key): /preˈkla.ro/
• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: pre‧clà‧ro

preclaro (feminine preclara, masculine plural preclari, feminine plural preclare)

1. (literary) illustrious

   Synonyms: illustre, insigne

   • early 14^th century, Dante, “Canto XI”, in Paradiso, lines 115–117:

     e del suo grembo l’anima preclara
     mover si volle, tornando al suo regno,
     e al suo corpo non volle altra bara.

     And from her bosom the illustrious soul wished to depart, returning to its realm, and for its body wished no other bier.

2. (obsolete) luminous, bright

   Synonyms: lucente, luminoso

• preclaramente

• chiaro

• preclaro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin praeclārus

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈklaɾo/ [pɾeˈkla.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: pre‧cla‧ro

preclaro (feminine preclara, masculine plural preclaros, feminine plural preclaras)

1. illustrious, eminent

   Synonym: ilustre

   • 2021 December 8, Carlos Marcos, “Marilyn Manson: la caída al infierno del fantoche del rock”, in El País‎:

     Mentes preclaras de gustos retorcidos, como los cineastas David Lynch o Tim Burton, el actor Shia LaBeouf, el documentalista Michael Moore o el gurú del rock avanzado y cabecilla del grupo Nine Inch Nails, Trenz Reznor.

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• “preclaro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014