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Italian
Etymology
From in- + finocchio (“fennel”) + -are. The common sense "to hoodwink, to bamboozle" is uncertain and variously explained.
Verb
infinocchiàre (first-person singular present infinòcchio, first-person singular past historic infinocchiài, past participle infinocchiàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- (informal) to hoodwink, to bamboozle
- (rare) to season with fennel
Conjugation
Further reading
- infinocchiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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