meschino
Italian
Etymology
From Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn) from Aramaic מסכןא (meskēnā), derived from Akkadian 𒈦𒆕 (muškēnu, “villein, indigent; class of people dependent or reliant on others, unable to provide supplies on their own; commoner”). The Akkadian term is first recorded in early dynastic Sumer. Compare French mesquin, Portuguese mesquinho, Spanish mezquino.
Adjective
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- wretched
- mean, sleazy
- narrow-minded
- petty
- poor (used to express commiseration in Liguria)
Noun
meschino m (plural meschini)