giovaneggiare

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Italian

FWOTD – 12 August 2017

Etymology

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giovane (“young”) +‎ -eggiare (verbalizing suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒo.va.nedˈd͡ʒa.re/, [d͡ʒovän̺e̞dˈd͡ʒäːr̺e̞]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: gio‧va‧neg‧già‧re

Verb

giovaneggiare

  1. (intransitive, literary, rare) To act youthfully.
    • 1859, G. Brambilla, “Ozii letterarii di Gaetano Demarchi”, in Rivista Contemporanea‎[1], Tipografia Cerutti, Derossi e Dusso, page 180:
      L'amator di Batillo desidera bere, ma più […] giovaneggiare con la bella Afrodite.
      Bathyllus' lover wishes to drink, but more to be youthful with the beautiful Aphrodite.

Conjugation

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