Derived fromLatinappositus, perfect passive participle ofappōnō(“to appoint; to place near”).Doublet ofapposto(“appended”).

• IPA^(key): /apˈpɔ.zi.to/^[1][2]
• Rhymes:-ɔzito
• Hyphenation:ap‧pò‧si‧to

apposito (feminineapposita,masculine pluralappositi,feminine pluralapposite)

1. appropriate,proper

   Synonyms:adatto,adeguato,appropriato,confacente,idoneo,opportuno

   Antonyms:inadatto,inadeguato,inidoneo,inopportuno

2. special
3. (obsolete)placed (near,before orabove)
   • c.1307,Dante Alighieri, “Trattato Primo [First Treatise]”, inConvivio [The Banquet]‎^[1], Florence: Le Monnier, published1964, Chapter II:

     Nel cominciamento di ciascuno bene ordinato convivio sogliono li sergenti prendere lo paneapposito, e quello purgare da ogni macula.

     At the beginning of every well-ordered banquet the servants customarily take the breadplaced on the table and cleanse it of any impurity.

• apoptosi

appositō

1. dative/ablativemasculine/neutersingular ofappositus

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