vampa

vampa

French

Verb

vampa

1. third-person singular past historic of vamper

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Italian

Etymology

Gender change from vampo (“intense heat or brightness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvam.pa/
• Rhymes: -ampa
• Hyphenation: vàm‧pa

Noun

vampa f (plural vampe)

1. heat, flame
   • early 14^th century, Dante, “Canto XVII”, in Paradiso, lines 7–9:

     Per che mia donna «Manda fuor la vampa
     del tuo disio», mi disse, «sì ch’ella esca
     segnata bene de la interna stampa

     Therefore my Lady said to me: "Send forth the flame of thy desire, so that it issue imprinted well with the internal stamp"

2. (figurative) hot flush (skin sensation)
3. (figurative) burning sentiment

Derived terms

• avvampare
• divampare
• svampare
• svampire
• vampante
• vampata
• vampata
• vampeggiare

 

Further reading

• vampa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana