libresco

Italian

Etymology

From libro +‎ -esco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈbre.sko/
• Rhymes: -esko
• Hyphenation: li‧bré‧sco

Adjective

libresco (feminine libresca, masculine plural libreschi, feminine plural libresche)

1. bookish

Anagrams

• briscole

Spanish

Etymology

From libro +‎ -esco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈbɾesko/ [liˈβ̞ɾes.ko]
• Rhymes: -esko
• Syllabification: li‧bres‧co

Adjective

libresco (feminine libresca, masculine plural librescos, feminine plural librescas)

1. bookish, relating to books
   • 1975, Jorge Luis Borges, “The Other”, in The Book of Sand, page 18:

     No hemos cambiado nada, pensé. Siempre las referencias librescas.

     We haven't changed at all, I thought. Always more references to books.

Further reading

• “libresco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28