singhiozzo
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See also: singhiozzò
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *singluttium, ultimately from Latin singultus (“sobbing”), influenced by gluttiō (“to swallow”). Doublet of singulto. Cognate with French sanglot, Venetan sangiuto, among others. Compare also Portuguese soluço, Romanian sughiț, Spanish sollozo, Sicilian sugghiuzzu and suttugghiu, from suggluttium.
Noun
singhiozzo m (plural singhiozzi)
- hiccup, singultus
- sob
- 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, Il Filocopo, published 1723, page 147:
- come ella potè, si sforzò di parlare, e con debol voce, rotta da molti singhiozzi di pianto, disse.
- She struggled to speak, and with a feeble voice, among many crying sobs, she said
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
singhiozzo