foracchiato
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From foracchi(are) (“to fill with holes”, “to riddle”) + -ato (1st conjugation past participle suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
Participle[edit]
foracchiato (feminine foracchiata, masculine plural foracchiati, feminine plural foracchiate)
Adjective[edit]
foracchiato (feminine foracchiata, masculine plural foracchiati, feminine plural foracchiate)
- full of holes, riddled
- 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XIX, page 283, lines 40–42:
- Allor venimmo in su l'argine quarto; ¶ volgemmo e discendemmo a mano stanca ¶ laggiù nel fondo foracchiato e arto.
- Straightway upon the fourth dike we arrived; ¶ we turned, and on the left-hand side descended ¶ down to the bottom full of holes and narrow.