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]
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)
- (informal, colloquial, humorous, transitive) to perplex
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of perplìmere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Traditional.
2Rare.
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- perplimere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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