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facilissima

Facilissima is a feminine form of the adjective meaning "easy" that appears in Latin as well as in modern Romance languages. It commonly conveys the sense of "the easiest" or "very easy" when used to modify a feminine noun. The root of the word is facil- from facilis, meaning easy, with language-specific suffixes that express emphasis.

In classical Latin, the standard feminine superlative of facilis is facillima. The form facilissima is not

In contemporary Romance languages, facilissima is widely used as the feminine superlative of facile. In Italian,

The term is primarily linguistic in use and does not denote a distinct concept, organization, or widely

normally
attested
as
a
classical
Latin
construction,
but
it
can
appear
in
later
Latin
texts
or
in
the
Romance
languages
descended
from
Latin,
where
the
form
has
been
inherited
and
adapted.
examples
include
una
soluzione
facilissima;
in
Spanish,
una
pregunta
facilísima;
in
Portuguese,
uma
solução
facilíssima.
In
these
languages,
facilissima
functions
as
a
regular
adjective
and
can
appear
in
everyday
speech
and
writing
to
stress
extreme
ease.
recognized
entity
in
its
own
right.
It
is
most
relevant
as
a
grammatical
form
and
as
an
example
of
how
the
Latin
root
facile
evolved
in
Romance
languages
to
express
intensity
of
ease.