Meanings
- The intensive form of bravo.
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'He has spoken, Sir,' replied Lowe, whose angry passions were roused by the insults of Dangerfield, and who had, for the moment, lost his customary caution. 'Ha!' cried Dangerfield, with a sort of gasp, and a violent smirk, the joyousness of which was, however, counteracted by a lurid scowl and a wonderful livid glare in his wild eyes; 'ha! he has? Bravo, Sir, bravissimo!' and he smirked wider and wider, and beat his uninjured hand upon the table, like a man applauding the denouement of a play.
1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the ChurchyardSynonyms: bravo, bully, cock on, congrats, congratulations, encore, fair fucks, full marks
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionThe intensive form of bravo.
Origin
- Italianbravissimo
- Italianbravissimo
- Englishbravissimo
Unadapted borrowing from Italian bravìssimo. First attested in 1755–1765.
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