fico
English
Etymology
From Italian, from Latin fīcus. Doublet of fig.
Noun
fico (plural ficoes)
- (archaic) a fig; an insignificant trifle
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- (archaic) a sign of contempt made with the fingers
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “fico”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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Verb
fico
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Italian
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Etymology
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Adjective
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Noun
fico m (plural fici)
- fig (fresh fruit and tree)
- (slang) cool guy, bit of alright
Usage notes
Slang term becomes figo in Northern Italy.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Hungarian: füge
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfiː.koː/, [ˈfiːkoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfi.ko/, [ˈfiːko]
Noun
(deprecated template usage) fīcō
References
- fico in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
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Verb
fico
Spanish
Pronunciation
Verb
fico
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