badessa

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badessa

/baˈdessa/

Where it comes from

deriva dal latino tardo abbatĭssa, femminile di abbas cioè "abate"

noun badesse

in un convento di monache indica la madre superiora
figuratively donna grassa e presuntuosa

Similar: superiora, priora, donnone, matrona

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noun

Similar: superiora, priora, donnone, matrona

In English

abbess female superior of a nunnery

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"badessa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/it/badessa.

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@misc{badessa_2026,
  title = {badessa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/it/badessa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}