morsicchiare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From morsicare, adapted to the suffix -icchiare. Cf. also mordicchiare. Possibly from morso through a diminutive form morsicchio, corresponding with a Vulgar Latin *morsiculus, ultimately from morsus.

Verb[edit]

This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

morsicchiàre (first-person singular present morsìcchio, first-person singular past historic morsicchiài, past participle morsicchiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to nibble or gnaw at

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