sdrucciola

English

Etymology

From the Italian sdrucciola (feminine form of sdrucciolo (“slippery”, “stressed on the antepenult”)) (rima (“rhyme”)); compare the Spanish esdrújulo.

Adjective

sdrucciola (not comparable)

1. (rare, prosody, of a rhyme) Formed of words stressed on their antepenults and rhyming on all three final syllables.

   Note that ending that couplet’s lines with the words reparate and separate would create a rhyme sdrucciola, if that helps.

Related terms

• sdrucciolo
• versi sdruccioli

References

• “‖ˈsdrucciola, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈzdruttʃola/, SAMPA: /"zdruttSola/
• Hyphenation: sdrùc‧cio‧la

Adjective

sdrucciola f.

1. feminine form of sdrucciolo

Verb

sdrucciola

1. third-person singular present indicative of sdrucciolare
2. second-person singular imperative of sdrucciolare