camuffare

Italian

Etymology

capo +‎ muffare, from Medieval Latin muffula (817, Carolingian), a Germanic borrowing from dialectal Old High German or Frankish *molfell (“soft garment made of hide”), from *mol (“softened, forworn”) + *fell (“hide, skin”), from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (“tender, soft”) + *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”). Compare modern Dutch moffel.

Verb

camuffare

1. (transitive) To disguise.
2. (transitive) To hide.

Synonyms

• mascherare

Related terms

• camuffamento
• camuffarsi
• scamuffare

Anagrams

• camufferà

References

• The student's English dictionary, the pronunciation adapted to the best modern usage by R. Cull (1865)