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scorno

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See also: scornò

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈskɔr.no/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrno
  • Hyphenation: scòr‧no

Etymology 1

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From Vulgar Latin *excornum. By surface analysis, deverbal from scornarsi (to make a fool of oneself) +‎ -o. Compare Neapolitan scuorno.

Noun

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scorno m (plural scorni)

  1. humiliation, shame
    • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto X”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎[1], lines 31–33; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      [] esser di marmo candido e addorno / d’intagli sì, che non pur Policleto, / ma la natura lì avrebbe scorno.
      [] to be of white marble and so adorned with sculptures, that not only Polycletus, but nature itself had there been put to shame.

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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scorno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of scornare