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olimpico — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • imperturbable adj Not capable of being, or not easily, perturbed, excited, or upset; calm and collected, even under pressure.
  • Olympian adj Godlike, majestic, or far above ordinary human concerns — originally describing the gods said to live on Mount Olympus.
  • Olympic adj Relating to the Olympic Games, or of a scale and standard associated with them.

Senses

olimpico is used for these senses in English:

  • Olympian (not comparable) Of or relating to Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece; or (Greek mythology) the Greek gods and goddesses who were believed to live there.
  • Olympic (rare) Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods.
  • imperturbable Not capable of being, or not easily, perturbed, excited, or upset; calm and collected, even under pressure.

Olympian — full definition

  1. adj Godlike, majestic, or far above ordinary human concerns — originally describing the gods said to live on Mount Olympus.
  2. noun An athlete who has competed in the Olympic Games.
  3. noun One of the twelve principal gods of Greek mythology, or (capitalized, with "the") Zeus specifically.

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