giovaneggiare
Italian
FWOTD – 12 August 2017
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒo.va.nedˈd͡ʒa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: gio‧va‧neg‧già‧re
Verb
giovaneggiàre (first-person singular present giovanéggio, first-person singular past historic giovaneggiài, past participle giovaneggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive, literary, rare, ironic or humorous) to act youthfully [auxiliary avere]
- 1859, G. Brambilla, “Ozii letterarii di Gaetano Demarchi”, in Rivista Contemporanea, Tipografia Cerutti, Derossi e Dusso, page 180:
- L'amator di Batillo desidera bere, ma più […] giovaneggiare con la bella Afrodite.
- Bathyllus' lover wishes to drink, but more to be youthful with the beautiful Aphrodite.
Conjugation
Conjugation of giovaneggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Anagrams
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