"nefando" meaning in Italian

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Adjective

IPA: /neˈfan.do/ Forms: nefanda [feminine], nefandi [masculine, plural], nefande [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ando Etymology: From Latin nefandus. Etymology templates: {{der|it|la|nefandus}} Latin nefandus Head templates: {{it-adj}} nefando (feminine nefanda, masculine plural nefandi, feminine plural nefande)
  1. base, vile, nefandous, wicked Derived forms: nefandamente, nefandezza
    Sense id: en-nefando-it-adj-YyA8lVZ4 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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              133,
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          "ref": "1947, Primo Levi, “Il viaggio”, in Se questo è un uomo [If This Is a Man], Torino: Einaudi, published 1987, →ISBN, page 14:",
          "text": "Ognuno si congedò dalla vita nel modo che più gli si addiceva. Alcuni pregarono, altri bevvero oltre misura, altri si inebriarono di nefanda ultima passione.",
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