egrotante

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aegrōtantem (“being ill or sick”), present participle of aegrōtō (“to be ill or sick”), derived from aeger (“ill, sick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ɡroˈtan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: e‧gro‧tàn‧te

Adjective

egrotante (plural egrotanti)

1. (literary, obsolete) sick, ill

   Synonyms: ammalato, (poetic) egro, (literary) infermo, malato

Related terms

• egritudine
• egro

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• gettonare, gettonerà, tetragone