perplimere

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Back-formation from perplesso (perplexed, puzzled), coined in the early 1990s by Italian satirical actor and comedian Corrado Guzzanti, following the verb pattern comprimere (to compress)compresso (compressed), deprimere (to depress)depresso (depressed), esprimere (to express)espresso (expressed), etc. The actually expected result would be perplettere.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /perˈpli.me.re/
  • Rhymes: -imere
  • Hyphenation: per‧plì‧me‧re

Verb[edit]

perplìmere (first-person singular present perplìmo, first-person singular past historic perplimétti or (traditional) perplimètti, past participle perplèsso or (rare) perplimùto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (informal, colloquial, humorous, transitive) to perplex

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Further reading[edit]

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