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Italian
Etymology
From mordicare + -mento.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mor.di.kaˈmen.to/
- Rhymes: -ento
- Hyphenation: mor‧di‧ca‧mén‧to
Noun
mordicamento m (plural mordicamenti) (obsolete)
- corrosion
13th c., “Libro quinto, Cap. II. Del mandorlo”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise On Agriculture], translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri Ⅻ by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, pages 210–211:Ma si convengono scerre […] mandorle grandi, […] le quali si deono macerar nella mulsa molto adacquata, acciocchè 'l mordicamento […] non uccida il seme.- But one should choose big almonds, which are to be macerated in very watered-down mead, so that the corrosion does not kill the seed.
- irritation, itching
Further reading
- mordicamento in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- mordicare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana