accarnare

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Italian

Etymology

From a- (to, towards) +‎ carne (flesh) +‎ -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ak.karˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ac‧car‧nà‧re

Verb

accarnàre (first-person singular present accàrno, first-person singular past historic accarnài, past participle accarnàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (archaic)

  1. (transitive) to stab or pierce deeply (with an iron or other sharp object)
  2. (intransitive) to penetrate deeply into the flesh
  3. (transitive, figurative) to understand deeply
    • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIV”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎, lines 22–27; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      «Se ben lo ’ntendimento tuo accarno
      con lo ’ntelletto», allora mi rispuose
      quei che diceva pria, «tu parli d’Arno».
      "If well thy meaning I can penetrate with intellect of mine," then answered me he who first spoke, "you speak of the Arno."

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Further reading

  • accarnare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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