acanino

Italian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kaˈni.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: a‧ca‧nì‧no

Adjective

acanino (feminine acanina, masculine plural acanini, feminine plural acanine)

1. (literary) dear, sweet

   Synonyms: caro, dolce

   • 1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata ottava – Novella decima”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron‎^[1], Bari: Laterza, 1927:

     Non so chi mi s’avesse a questo potuto conducere altri che tu; tu m’hai miso lo foco all’arma, toscano acanino.

     I don't know who else other than you could have pushed me to this; you brought fire in my soul, dear Tuscan.

Further reading

• acanino in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

• anacino, cannaio