bragia

Italian

Noun

bragia f (plural bragie) (regional or archaic)

  1. Alternative form of brace
    • early 14th century, Dante, “Canto III”, in Inferno, line 109:
      Caron dimonio, con occhi di bragia […]
      Charon the demon, with eyes of glede, […]

Further reading
  • bragia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • bragia in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

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