persesco

Italian

Etymology

From either persa (“Persian”) +‎ -esco (“-esque”), or from persiano, with a change in suffix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /perˈse.sko/
• Rhymes: -esko
• Hyphenation: per‧sé‧sco

Adjective

persesco (feminine persesca, masculine plural perseschi, feminine plural persesche)

1. (archaic) Persian

   Synonyms: persa, persiano

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

     Voi, la vostra mercé, avete onorato il mio convito, ed io voglio onorar voi alla persesca […].

     You, [by] your grace, have honored my banquet, and I wish to honor you in the Persian way.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• cosperse, percosse, scoperse