schizzare
Italian
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, though influenced by Middle High German schiezzen << Old High German sciozzan (“to shoot”). Related to Catalan esquitxar (“to squirt”).[1]
Verb
schizzare
- (transitive, intransitive) to squirt
- Synonym: spruzzare
- (transitive, intransitive) to splash
- Synonym: inzuppare
- (transitive, intransitive) to spatter
- Synonym: macchiare
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References
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “schizzare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati