persesco

Italian

Etymology

From either persa (“Persian”) +‎ -esco (“-esque”), or from persiano, with a change in suffix.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /perˈse.sko/
Rhymes: -esko
Hyphenation: per‧sé‧sco

Adjective

persesco (feminine persesca, masculine plural perseschi, feminine plural persesche)

(archaic) Persian
Synonyms: persa, persiano
- 1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata decima – Novella quarta”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron‎, Bari: Laterza, 1927:
  Voi, la vostra mercé, avete onorato il mio convito, ed io voglio onorar voi alla persesca […].
  You, [by] your grace, have honored my banquet, and I wish to honor you in the Persian way.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

cosperse, percosse, scoperse

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