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Italian
Etymology
Literally, “with the dropper”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kol kon.taˈɡot.t͡ʃe/
- Hyphenation: col‧con‧ta‧góc‧ce
Adverb
col contagocce
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see col, contagocce; by means of a dropper
- (idiomatic) sparingly, scantily, stingily, meagerly
1920 November, Sabatino Lopez, “Laboremus”, in Il Secolo XX, page 818:Nome scenico. E figura scenica […] Grazie, acqua: non prendo che acqua (Tésseri è meno discreto). Dunque. (Ogni parola lenta, grave, misurata col contagocce)- A theatrical name. And a theatrical aspect Water, thank you. I only take water (Tésseri is less discreet). So... (Each word slow, ponderous, sparingly dosed)
References
- contagocce in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana