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vita2|ˈviːtə|
1. ‖ vita nuova [It., = new life]. The title of a work by Dante describing his love for Beatrice, used to denote a fresh start or new direction in life, usu. after some powerful emotional experience.
1934A. J. A. Symons Quest for Corvo xii. 164 There seemed no impediment to his vita nuova. 1939L. MacNeice Autumn Jrnl. 43 A cultured accent alone will not provide A season ticket to the Vita Nuova. 1975P. Organ House on Cheyne Walk xviii. 163 Not a very good way to begin la vita nuova, with more lies.
2. [a. L. vīta life.] A biography, the history of a life; spec. = curriculum vitæ s.v. curriculum.
1949Wyndham Lewis Let. 3 Sept. (1963) 505 You ought to cut out cleanly and implacably the vita material from this typescript. 1960Encounter Mar. 82/2 Clifton Fadiman..whose credentials include..a vita which concludes as follows:..master of ceremonies on the popular radio programme Information Please, and on the television show This is Show Business. 1974H. L. Foster Ribbin', Jivin', & Playin' Dozens i. 18 As far as children and their schools are concerned, the reports were simply another exercise for academicians to contribute, primarily, as a source for an additional listing on a vita or a source for citations for future papers, lectures, books, and speeches. 1979Amer. Speech LIV. 257 All these observations..are summarized in the vitas of the informants. |
