-accia

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See also: accia and àccia

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The suffix -accio/-accia stems from Latin -aceum/-aceam,[1] the accusative singular of -aceus/-acea.

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-accia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -acce, masculine -accio)

  1. forms pejorative nouns from nouns
    ‎bestia (“beast”) + ‎-accia → ‎bestiaccia (“nasty or ugly beast”)
    ‎lingua (“tongue”) + ‎-accia → ‎linguaccia (“spiteful gossip”)

Derived terms[edit]

Italian terms suffixed with -accia

References[edit]

  1. ^ “-accio” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Anagrams[edit]

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