malestruo

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old French malestru, malastru, from Old Occitan malastruc, derived from mal (“bad”) +‎ astruc (“lucky”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ma.leˈstru.o/
  • Rhymes: -uo
  • Hyphenation: ma‧le‧strù‧o

Adjective[edit]

malestruo (feminine malestrua, masculine plural malestrui, feminine plural malestrue)

  1. (obsolete) wretched, wicked
    Synonyms: malvagio, (archaic, literary) pravo, scellerato

Further reading[edit]

  • malestruo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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