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Italian
Etymology
From Latin hosticus, from hostis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ostico (feminine ostica, masculine plural ostici, feminine plural ostiche)
- onerous, difficult
- Synonym: ingrato
- (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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