callido

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin callidus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkal.li.do/
  • Rhymes: -allido
  • Hyphenation: càl‧li‧do

Adjective

callido (feminine callida, masculine plural callidi, feminine plural callide)

  1. (literary) shrewd, astute
    Synonyms: astuto, furbo

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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Latin

Adjective

callidō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of callidus