avaccio

From Latin vīvācius, comparative form of vīvāciter (“vigorously”), from vīvāx (“vigorous, lively”). Compare Catalan aviat.

• IPA^(key): /aˈvat.t͡ʃo/, [äˈvätt͡ʃo̞]
• Stress: avàccio
• Hyphenation: a‧vac‧cio

avaccio (obsolete)

1. soon, early

   Synonym: presto

2. quickly, eagerly

   Synonym: in fretta

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     1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto X, lines 115–117, page 161:

     E già ’l maestro mio mi richiamava; ¶ per ch’i’ pregai lo spirto più avaccio ¶ che mi dicesse con chi lu’ istava.

     And now my Master was recalling me; wherefore more eagerly I prayed the spirit that he would tell me who was with him there.

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