cincischiare

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Italian

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Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *incīsculāre, derived from Classical Latin incīsus, perfect passive participle of incīdō (to cut open).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃin.t͡ʃiˈskja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: cin‧ci‧schià‧re

Verb

cincischiàre (first-person singular present cincìschio, first-person singular past historic cincischiài, past participle cincischiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (uncommon, transitive) to miscut
  2. (transitive) to crumple, to crease
  3. (transitive) to mispronounce, to misarticulate
  4. (intransitive) to waste time, to idle

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Further reading

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

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