malestruo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French malestru, malastru, from Old Occitan malastruc, derived from mal (“bad”) +‎ astruc (“lucky”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.leˈstru.o/
• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation: ma‧le‧strù‧o

Adjective

malestruo (feminine malestrua, masculine plural malestrui, feminine plural malestrue)

1. (obsolete) wretched, wicked

   Synonyms: malvagio, (archaic, literary) pravo, scellerato

Further reading

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