mentecatto

Italian

Etymology

From Latin mente captus (“insane”, “mad”, literally “seized by the mind”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /men.teˈkat.to/
  • Rhymes: -atto
  • Hyphenation: men‧te‧càt‧to

Adjective

mentecatto (feminine mentecatta, masculine plural mentecatti, feminine plural mentecatte)

  1. half-witted
  2. imbecilic

Noun

mentecatto m (plural mentecatti)

  1. half-wit
  2. imbecile
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