ben trovatoadj.

/bɛn trəʊˈvatəʊ/

/bɛn trəʊˈvɑːtəʊ/

Etymology: Italian, = well found.

Of a story, etc.: appropriate; happily invented if untrue. Se non è vero, è molto ben trovato ‘if it is not true, it is a happy invention’ was apparently a common saying in the 16th cent. It is found, for example, in Giordano Bruno (1585).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [adjective] > other specific attributes

formal1592

tendency1838

unartistic1854

happy ever afterwards1858

ben trovato1883

middle-length1928

hard-boiled1929

stream of consciousness1931

plutographic1985

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 1 Your fable of the monkey and the pig, is what the Italians call ben trovata.]

1883 W. Pater Let. 22 July (1970) 78 The title of your proposed volume is I think ben trovato.

1884 Notes & Queries 29 Mar. 244/2 It must be admitted that all this has a ben trovato character about it.

1886 H. Ellis in W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. Introd. p. xv A story told of him by the Italians round Fiesole, where he lived for many years, is at least ben trovato.

1952 R. M. Hare Lang. Morals 53 We might say that to tell a story about someone, which every one knows is ben trovato, is not lying.

1966 Punch 16 Nov. 726/1 Who..are we and they can be illustrated by a story, true or ben trovato, told of Rose Macaulay.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	ben trovato
释义	ben trovatoadj. /bɛn trəʊˈvatəʊ//bɛn trəʊˈvɑːtəʊ/ Etymology: Italian, = well found. Of a story, etc.: appropriate; happily invented if untrue. Se non è vero, è molto ben trovato ‘if it is not true, it is a happy invention’ was apparently a common saying in the 16th cent. It is found, for example, in Giordano Bruno (1585). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [adjective] > other specific attributes formal1592 tendency1838 unartistic1854 happy ever afterwards1858 ben trovato1883 middle-length1928 hard-boiled1929 stream of consciousness1931 plutographic1985 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 1 Your fable of the monkey and the pig, is what the Italians call ben trovata.] 1883 W. Pater Let. 22 July (1970) 78 The title of your proposed volume is I think ben trovato. 1884 Notes & Queries 29 Mar. 244/2 It must be admitted that all this has a ben trovato character about it. 1886 H. Ellis in W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. Introd. p. xv A story told of him by the Italians round Fiesole, where he lived for many years, is at least ben trovato. 1952 R. M. Hare Lang. Morals 53 We might say that to tell a story about someone, which every one knows is ben trovato, is not lying. 1966 Punch 16 Nov. 726/1 Who..are we and they can be illustrated by a story, true or ben trovato, told of Rose Macaulay. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1883
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