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Italian
Etymology
From anguilla (“eel”) + -esco.
Adjective
anguillesco (feminine anguillesca, masculine plural anguilleschi, feminine plural anguillesche)
- of or like an eel
- agilità anguillesca ― eel-like agility
- (figurative, by extension) slippery, evasive
non può continuare nella sua tattica anguillesca- he cannot continue with his slippery tactic
Derived terms
Further reading
- anguillesco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana