inturgidire

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Italian

Etymology

From in- +‎ turgido +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.tur.d͡ʒiˈdi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: in‧tur‧gi‧dì‧re

Verb

inturgidìre (first-person singular present inturgidìsco, first-person singular past historic inturgidìi, past participle inturgidìto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to swell, to swell up (especially of an organ, filling with liquid)
  2. (intransitive, figurative, literary) to become bloated (of someone's style)
  3. (transitive) to cause to swell

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Further reading

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