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Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English pruritus, French prurit m, Italian prurito m, Spanish prurito m, ultimately from Latin prūrītus m (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pru.ˈri.to/, /pɾu.ˈɾi.tɔ/
Noun
prurito (plural pruriti)
- itch, itching
- (medicine) pruritus
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
From Latin prūrītus m (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pruˈri.to/
- Rhymes: -ito
- Hyphenation: pru‧rì‧to
Noun
prurito m (plural pruriti)
- itch (all senses)
- (pathology) pruritus
Descendants
Further reading
- prurito in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
prūrītō
- second/third-person singular future active imperative of prūriō
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin prurītus m (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾuˈɾito/
- Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: pru‧ri‧to
Noun
prurito m (plural pruritos)
- (pathology, dated) pruritus, itching
- Synonym: picor m
- perfectionism
- desire; fancy; itching
tener el prurito de hacer algo- to be itching to do something
1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los trabajos y los días”, in El juguete rabioso:Tenía el prurito del movimiento, era un goloso visual, entraba en éxtasis frente a la mercadería por el dinero que representaba.- He had a fancy for movement, was a visual glutton, and got delighted at the sight of the merchandise due to the money it represented.
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