femminesco

Italian

Etymology

From femmina (“female”) +‎ -esco (“-esque”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fem.miˈnes.ko/
  • Rhymes: -esko
  • Hyphenation: fem‧mi‧né‧sco

Adjective

femminesco (feminine femminesca, masculine plural femmineschi, feminine plural femminesche)

  1. (derogatory, uncommon) feminine, girly, girlish, puellile
    Synonyms: (uncommon) donnesco, (literary) femmineo, femminile, (literary) femminino

Further reading

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