rimbambire

Italian

Etymology

From rin- + bambino (child) + -ire.

Verb

rimbambìre (first-person singular present rimbambìsco, first-person singular past historic rimbambìi, past participle rimbambìto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére) (derogatory)

  1. (intransitive) to become senile (as a result of old age or illness) [auxiliary essere]
    Synonym: rincretinire
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to lose common sense, to become foolish, to lose one's head (especially due to love) [auxiliary essere]
    da quando è innamorato è rimbambito
    since he fell in love, he has lost his head
  3. (transitive) to make senile
    la vecchiaia l'ha rimbambito
    old age made him senile
  4. (transitive) to make (someone) lose common sense, to make (someone) become foolish
  5. (transitive) to confuse
    mi ha rimbambito con le sue lezioni moraleggianti
    he confused me with his preachy lecturing

Conjugation

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