tirchio

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Italian

Etymology

  1. From older dialectal pirchio, perhaps related to tirare.[1]
  2. From Ancient Greek θηριακός (thēriakós, “wild animal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtir.kjo/
  • Rhymes: -irkjo
  • Hyphenation: tìr‧chio

Adjective

tirchio (feminine tirchia, masculine plural tirchi, feminine plural tirchie)

  1. (informal) mean, stingy, miserly, tight-fisted
    Synonyms: avaro, gretto, spilorcio, taccagno
    Antonyms: generoso, largo

Noun

tirchio m (plural tirchi, feminine tirchia)

  1. (informal) miser
    Synonyms: avaro, spilorcio, taccagno
    Antonym: generoso
    Coordinate term: scialacquatore

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ tirchio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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