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Italian
Etymology
From either persa (“Persian”) + -esco (“-esque”), or from persiano, with a change in suffix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /perˈse.sko/
- Rhymes: -esko
- Hyphenation: per‧sé‧sco
Adjective
persesco (feminine persesca, masculine plural perseschi, feminine plural persesche)
- (archaic) Persian
- Synonyms: persa, persiano
1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata decima – Novella quarta”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron, Bari: Laterza, 1927:Voi, la vostra mercé, avete onorato il mio convito, ed io voglio onorar voi alla persesca […].- You, your grace, have honored my banquet, and I wish to honor you in the Persian way.
Further reading
- persesco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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