anguillesco

Italian

Etymology

From anguilla (“eel”) +‎ -esco.

Adjective

anguillesco (feminine anguillesca, masculine plural anguilleschi, feminine plural anguillesche)

  1. of or like an eel
    agilità anguillesca ― eel-like agility
  2. (figurative, by extension) slippery, evasive
    non può continuare nella sua tattica anguillesca
    he cannot continue with his slippery tactic

Derived terms

Further reading

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