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ben trovato

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ben tro·va·to  (bn tr-vät)
adj.
Appropriate even if untrue; happily invented: a story that is ben trovato.

[Italian, from the saying se è non vero, è ben trovato, (even) if it is not true, it is well invented : ben, well + trovato, past participle of trovare, to find, invent.]


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The secular and religious journalists, laden with Restoration comedy names like Nathaniel Patch, Ben Trovato, and Della Boca, are either theological amateurs or boozy, opportunistic hacks.
 
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