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smisurato

immense

adjective zmee-zoo-RAH-toh Rare

Also means

boundless

Usage Note

Smisurato means 'beyond measure' (the privative prefix s- + misurato, 'measured'), describing something of extreme, almost incomprehensible size or degree — una ricchezza smisurata (boundless wealth), un ego smisurato (an immense ego). It is more emphatic and literary than enorme or grandissimo, and typically implies excess or disproportion.

Examples

"Aveva un coraggio smisurato."

Natural Translation

He had immense courage.

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