ben trovato

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ben tro·va·to (b

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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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