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mor•bi•dez•za
(môr′bi det′sə; It. môr bē det′tsä),USA pronunciation n. [Fine Arts.]
- Fine Artthe effect of extreme softness and delicacy in pictorial and sculptural representations.
- Italian, equivalent. to morbid(o) delicate (see morbid) + -ezza -ice
- 1615–25