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Italian
Etymology
From catone (“martinet”) + -eggiare (verbalizing suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.to.nedˈd͡ʒa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ca‧to‧neg‧già‧re
Verb
catoneggiàre (first-person singular present catonéggio, first-person singular past historic catoneggiài, past participle catoneggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive, literary, ironic, derogatory) to show austerity and moral strictness
- Synonym: moraleggiare
Conjugation