rifacimento

[ ri-fah-chi-men-toh; Italian ree-fah-chee-men-taw ]

noun

, plural ri·fa·ci·men·ti [ri-fah-chi-, men, -tee, r, ee-fah-chee-, men, -tee].

1. a recast or adaptation, as of a literary or musical work.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rifacimento¹

1765–75; < Italian, derivative of rifare to make over, equivalent to ri- re- + fare (≪ Latin facere to do ¹ ) + -mento -ment

Example Sentences

Rifacimento, rē-f�-chi-men′tō, n. a recasting of literary works:—pl.

From Project Gutenberg

This rifacimento was published in 1541, after his death.

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Meanwhile the second rifacimento by Domenichi appeared in 1545; and though this new issue was a mere piece of impudent book-making, it superseded Berni's masterpiece during the next two hundred years.

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The critics of the last century rediscovered Berni's rifacimento, and began to quote Boiardo's poem under his name, treating the real author as an ignorant and uncouth writer of a barbarous dialect.

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The final product is a masterpiece of refined art, retaining something of the French-429- originals, something of the popular Italian rifacimento, but superadding the wisdom, the irony, and the poetry of one of the world's brightest geniuses.

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