ammosciare

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a- + moscio + -are.

Verb

ammosciàre (first-person singular present ammóscio, first-person singular past historic ammosciài, past participle ammosciàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (dialectal)

  1. (transitive) to (cause to) wilt, to shrivel
  2. (transitive) to (cause to) slacken, to (cause to) soften
  3. (intransitive) to wilt, to shrivel, to droop [auxiliary essere]
  4. (intransitive) to slacken [auxiliary essere]
  5. (intransitive, vulgar, slang) of a penis: to become flaccid

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • ammosciare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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