stizzetta

Italian

Etymology

stizza + -etta

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stitˈt͡set.ta/
  • Rhymes: -etta
  • Hyphenation: stiz‧zét‧ta

Noun

stizzetta f (plural stizzette)

  1. Diminutive of stizza: a petty anger or chafe
    • 1550, Lorenzo Davidico, Anotomia delli vitii, Florence, page 251:
      Quanti ſono ſubietti di continuo a una certa stizzetta che non ſi laſcia molto conoſcere. Et parlano ſempre con uoce alta & dicono é coſi la mia uſanza di parlar alto.
      Those who are constantly in the grip of some petty anger hard to understand. And they always speak loudly, and say "It is my custom to speak loudly".
    • 1620, Bertoldo con Bertoldino e Cacasenno, Tomo terzo, Bologna, published 1822, Canto XVI, page 48:
      Contuttociò mostrava a qualche cenno, ¶ Che la stizzetta ancor non avea sazia
      Nonetheless, his demeanor showed that his petty chafe was still not satisfied
    • 1840, Alessandro Manzoni, I promessi sposi, Tip. Guglielmini e Redaelli, Capitolo XXVI, page 503:
      “Ma non parlarne subito a tua madre!” disse Agnese con una certa stizzetta temperata d’amorevolezza e di pietà.
      "But don't tell your mother right away!" said Agnese, with a bit of petty anger moderated by tenderness and compassion.
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