schivafatiche

Italian

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of schiva (“to dodge, to avoid”) +‎ fatiche (“efforts”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌski.va.faˈti.ke/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ike
  • Hyphenation: schi‧va‧fa‧tì‧che

Noun

schivafatiche m or f by sense (invariable) (literary)

  1. idler, loafer
    Synonyms: poltrone, sfaticato, scansafatiche
    Antonyms: laborioso, operoso, solerte
    • 1840, Alessandro Manzoni, I promessi sposi‎[1], Tip. Guglielmini e Redaelli, Chapter XXVII, page 521:
      Donna Prassede […] s’era ristretta a brontolare spesso contro di lui, a nominarlo uno schivafatiche, un uomo fisso nelle sue idee, un letterato
      Donna Prassede took refuge in grumbling against him as an idler, a man who would have his own way, a mere scholar

References

  1. ^ schivafatiche in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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