fesso

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Italian

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Adjective

fesso (feminine fessa, masculine plural fessi, feminine plural fesse)

  1. tired

Etymology 2

From Latin fissus (“split, cloven”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidtós (“id”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfes.so/
  • Rhymes: -esso
  • Hyphenation: fés‧so

Participle

fesso (feminine fessa, masculine plural fessi, feminine plural fesse)

  1. past participle of fendere

Adjective

fesso (feminine fessa, masculine plural fessi, feminine plural fesse)

  1. ruptured, cracked
  2. wounded

Noun

fesso m (plural fessi)

  1. (rare, Tuscan) opening, crack, chink
    Synonym: fessura
  2. (archaic or literary) cut, split

Etymology 3

From a euphemistic usage of Etymology 2, via the feminine form fessa, in southern Italy.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfes.so/
  • Rhymes: -esso
  • Hyphenation: fés‧so

Adjective

fesso (feminine fessa, masculine plural fessi, feminine plural fesse)

  1. silly
  2. idiotic

Noun

fesso m (plural fessi, feminine fessa)

  1. twit, idiot

References

  1. ^ fesso1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. ^ fesso2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

fessō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fessus
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