grandezza

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/ɡɹænˈdɛt.sə/

noun

Grandeur, greatness, magnificence.

Scrabble 29

Meanings

noungrandezza (uncountable)
  1. uncountableGrandeur, greatness, magnificence.

    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
  2. uncountableStateliness, dignity.
  3. uncountableMagnanimity.

Origin

  1. Italiangrandezza
  2. Italiangrandezza
  3. Englishgrandezza

Borrowed from Italian grandezza.

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Cite this entry
APA

grandezza. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandezza

MLA

“grandezza.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandezza. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grandezza,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandezza.

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