macroscopico

macroscopic

adjective mah-kroh-SKOH-pee-koh Rare

Origin: From Greek makros (large) + skopein (to look).

Also means

glaring, obvious

Usage Note

Macroscopico in everyday Italian often means 'blatantly obvious' or 'glaring', as in un errore macroscopico (a glaring mistake), beyond its scientific sense of 'visible to the naked eye'. The feminine is macroscopica; plural macroscopici / macroscopiche.

Examples

"Ha commesso un errore macroscopico nella relazione."

Natural Translation

He made a glaring error in the report.

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