motteggiare

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Italian

Etymology

From motto +‎ -eggiare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mot.tedˈd͡ʒa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: mot‧teg‧già‧re

Verb

motteggiàre (first-person singular present mottéggio, first-person singular past historic motteggiài, past participle motteggiàto, auxiliary avére) (literary, rare)

  1. (transitive) to tease; to needle
    • 1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno - Sesta”, in Il nome della rosa (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 71:
      "Che vaneggiava di macchine volanti," motteggiò amaramente Ubertino.
      "Who fantasized about flying machines," harshly needled Ubertino.
  2. (intransitive) to speak wittily; to quip
  3. (intransitive, archaic) to have a pleasant conversation

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