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EUTRAPELY (n.) Pleasantness in conversation. The OED contains no definition as such for this wird; the editors instead rely on citations from earlier dictionaries. Most of these works seem to refer to eutrapely as "courtesy", but there is also a note that mentions the word was originally used by Aristotle to describe "pleasantness in conversation," a concept that has far fewer words to describe it than does courtesy, perhaos because it's such a rare quality.
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Vegem què en diu l'IEC, que encara acaba abans:
EUTRAPÈLIA: Virtut que modera els divertiments.
I el primer exemple del DCVB sobre aquest mot ens remet a Eiximenis!
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EUTRAPELY (n.) Pleasantness in conversation. The OED contains no definition as such for this wird; the editors instead rely on citations from earlier dictionaries. Most of these works seem to refer to eutrapely as "courtesy", but there is also a note that mentions the word was originally used by Aristotle to describe "pleasantness in conversation," a concept that has far fewer words to describe it than does courtesy, perhaos because it's such a rare quality.
T'agraeixo molt la troballa!!
Vegem què en diu l'IEC, que encara acaba abans:
EUTRAPÈLIA: Virtut que modera els divertiments.
I el primer exemple del DCVB sobre aquest mot ens remet a Eiximenis!
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