stimolare

Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin stimulāre, present active infinitive of stimulō.

Verb

stimolare (transitive)

1. to stimulate
2. to fillip (figuratively)
3. to bite (of insects)
   • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, Inferno, canto 3:

     Questi sciaurati, che mai non fur vivi

     erano ignudi e stimolati molto

     da mosconi e da vespe ch'eran ivi.

     These wretches, who never had been alive

     were naked and bitten a great deal

     by mosquitoes and by wasps which were in that place.

Related terms

• stimolante
• stimolazione
• stimolo

Anagrams

• moraliste, stimolerà