bravissimo
intjUK /bɹɑːˈvɪs.ə.məʊ̯/ · CA, US /bɹɑˈvɪs.ə.moʊ̯/
Etymology Unadapted borrowing from Italian bravìssimo. First attested in 1755–1765.
1
The intensive form of bravo.
- 'He has spoken, Sir,' replied Lowe, whose angry passions were roused by the insults of Dangerfield, and who had, for the moment, lost his customary caution. 'Ha!' cried Dangerfield, with a sort of gasp, and a violent smirk, the joyousness of which was, however, counteracted by a lurid scowl and a wonderful livid glare in his wild eyes; 'ha! he has? Bravo, Sir, bravissimo!' and he smirked wider and wider, and beat his uninjured hand upon the table, like a man applauding the denouement of a play.1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard: