grandezza means grandeur, greatness, magnificence.
grandezza is pronounced /ɡɹænˈdɛt.sə/.
Why “grandezza” is a great word
A cultivated quality of dignified greatness, marked by an inherent stateliness and magnanimous bearing. Borrowed from Italian grandezza (or Spanish grandeza), from Italian/Spanish grande ('great, large'), from Latin grandis ('full-grown, great'), with the Italian suffix -ezza (or Spanish -eza) forming abstract nouns, from Latin -itia. Unlike 'grandeur,' which often speaks of scale and splendor, or 'pretension,' which implies a hollow claim, grandezza resides in the authentic nobility of character. It is the unforced composure of a weathered diplomat in a silent room, the measured grace of a great tree that has endured every storm, and the quiet magnanimity of a victor who refuses to gloat—the subtle art of wearing greatness lightly, as if it were simply one’s natural size.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian grandezza.
noun
- Grandeur, greatness, magnificence.e.g.“Society went on excellently well without houses, or carriages, or jewels, or toilettes, or pavements, or shops, or grandezza of any sort; and the market was excellent as well as cheap.” — 1907, Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams, published 1918:
- Stateliness, dignity.
- Magnanimity.
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