abbaiatore
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
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- barking, baying
- (figurative) slanderous
- Synonym: maldicente
Noun
abbaiatore m (plural abbaiatori)
- barking or baying animal
- (figurative) slanderer
- 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata terza, Novella VII [Day the Third, Novel 7]”, in Decamerone [Decameron][1], Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 93:
- A cui Aldobrandino diſſe. Va via, credi tu, che io creda a gli abbaiatori?
- To which Aldobrandino replied: "Go away! Do you think I believe slanderers?
Related terms
References
- abbaiatore in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana