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Italian
Etymology
From a- + moscio + -are.
Verb
ammosciàre (first-person singular present ammóscio, first-person singular past historic ammosciài, past participle ammosciàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (dialectal)
- (transitive) to (cause to) wilt, to shrivel
- (transitive) to (cause to) slacken, to (cause to) soften
- (intransitive) to wilt, to shrivel, to droop
- (intransitive) to slacken
- (intransitive, vulgar, slang) of a penis: to become flaccid
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Further reading
- ammosciare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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