ostico

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin hosticus, from hostis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ostico (feminine ostica, masculine plural ostici, feminine plural ostiche)

  1. onerous, difficult
    Synonym: ingrato
  2. (literary, uncommon) unpleasant, sour, bitter

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ostico in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • ostico in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • ostico in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • ostico in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • òstico in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • òstico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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