clarissa
See also: Clarissa
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa; see there for more. Doublet of Clarisse, Clare, and Clarist.
Noun
clarissa (plural clarissas)
- (Catholicism) Alternative letter-case form of Clarissa: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
- 2020, Richardo Ferreira de Almeida et al., “Popular Sweets in Douro Valley”, in Advances in Tourism, Technology, and Systems, page 188:
- […] all these obscene references of a sexual nature punctuate the ritualistic prodigality of the Northeast and its winter cycle, and if in the main popular qualification of the character of the clarissa nun called Maria Ermelinda Correia, the composer of the sweet in the mouth of the people, as an expression of her overblown greediness.
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin Clarissa; see there for more.
Noun
clarissa f (plural clarisse)
- Poor Clare (a member of the Order of Saint Clare)
Alternative forms
- Clarissa
Adjective
clarissa (masculine plural clarissi, feminine plural clarisse)
- (relational) of the Order of Saint Clare; Clarissan
Latin
Alternative forms
- Clarissa
Etymology
From Clara + -issa (“-ess”), from Italian Chiara Offreduccio, St. Clare of Assisi, the founder of the order.
Pronunciation 1
- (Classical) IPA(key): /klaˈris.sa/, [kɫ̪äˈrɪs̠ːä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /klaˈris.sa/, [kläˈrisːä]
Noun
clarissa f
- (Medieval) Poor Clare, a member of the Order of Saint Clare.
Adjective
clarissa
- inflection of clarissus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Pronunciation 2
- (Classical) IPA(key): /klaˈris.saː/, [kɫ̪äˈrɪs̠ːäː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /klaˈris.sa/, [kläˈrisːä]
Adjective
clarissā
- ablative feminine singular of clarissus