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Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Latin versipellis (“shape-shifting; sly, cunning”, adjective, literally “skin-turning”; “werewolf”, noun)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ver.siˈpɛl.le/
- Rhymes: -ɛlle
- Hyphenation: ver‧si‧pèl‧le
Adjective
versipelle (invariable) (obsolete, literary)
- shape-shifting
- (figurative) cunningly or slyly deceiving
- (of a statement) false, deceiving
- turncoating
Noun
versipelle m (invariable) (obsolete, literary)
- a sly dissembler or pretender; a cunning, immoral man
- one who turns his coat
- werewolf, lycanthrope
References
- versipelle in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Adjective
versipelle
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of versipellis