stremo
See also: stremò
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstrɛ.mo/
- Rhymes: -ɛmo
- Hyphenation: strè‧mo
Etymology 1
Apheresis of estremo.
Adjective
stremo (feminine strema, masculine plural stremi, feminine plural streme)
- (archaic) extreme, final
- Synonym: estremo
- early 14th century, Dante, “Canto XIX”, in Inferno, lines 28–30:
- Qual suole il fiammeggiar de le cose unte
muoversi pur su per la strema buccia,
tal era lì dai calcagni a le punte.- Even as the flame of unctuous things is wont to move upon the outer surface only, so likewise was it there from heel to point.
- 14th century, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata quinta – Novella nona”, in Decameron:
- Egli, con tutto che la sua povertá fosse strema, non s’era ancor tanto avveduto quanto bisogno gli facea che egli avesse fuor d’ordine spese le sue ricchezze
- Despite his extreme poverty, he had not yet realized as much as he needed how much he had spent his money beyond his possibilities
- (archaic) extended meanings:
- small, little
- Synonyms: ridotto, ristretto
- Antonyms: grande, vasto
- short
- Synonym: breve
- Antonym: lungo
- thin
- Synonym: sottile
- Antonym: spesso
- poor
- Synonym: povero
- Antonym: ricco
- small, little
Derived terms
- stremamente
Noun
stremo m (plural stremi)
- extremity, extreme
- Synonyms: estremità, termine
- early 14th century, Dante, “Canto XIII”, in Purgatorio, lines 124–129:
- Pace volli con Dio in su lo stremo
de la mia vita; e ancor non sarebbe
lo mio dover per penitenza scemo- Peace I desired with God at the extreme of my existence, and as yet would not my debt have been by penitence discharged
- last legs, extreme limit
- essere ridotto allo stremo (delle forze)
- to be on one's last legs
- (literally, “to be reduced to the extreme (of one's strength)”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
stremo
- first-person singular present indicative of stremare
Further reading
- stremo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- mostre, smorte, termos