frusto

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See also: frustò

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfru.sto/
  • Rhymes: -usto
  • Hyphenation: frù‧sto

Etymology 1

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Alternative form of frustato, perfect passive participle of frustare (to whip”, “to wear out), derived from frusta (whip), from Latin fūstis (knobbed stick).

Participle

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frusto (feminine frusta, masculine plural frusti, feminine plural fruste)

  1. past participle of frustare

Adjective

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frusto (feminine frusta, masculine plural frusti, feminine plural fruste)

  1. (dated) threadbare, worn out
    1. (figurative) outworn, worn out

Etymology 2

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Form of frustare.

Verb

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frusto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of frustare

Etymology 3

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From Latin frustum.

Noun

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frusto m (plural frusti)

  1. (archaic) a piece or scrap (of food)

Latin

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Noun

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frūstō

  1. dative/ablative singular of frūstum

References

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  • frusto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • frusto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.