Adjective: fioco
Hyphenation: fiò‧co
| Singular m. | fioco |
| Singular f. | fioca |
| Plural m. | fiochi |
| Plural f. | fioche |
Sample Sentences
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Mentre ch’i’ rovinava in basso loco, ¶ dinanzi a li occhi mi si fu offerto ¶ chi per lungo silenzio parea fioco. (While I was rushing downward to the lowland, before my eyes presented himself he who looked dim due to long-continued silence.) [1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 61–63; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:]
Adjectives inflected like fioco
sbieco,
zanzarifugo,
artigianesco,
cavalleresco,
antiscialagogo,
paganesco,
villesco,
gigionesco,
leonesco,
pindaresco,
novecentesco,
duecentesco,
militaresco,
pittoresco,
dottoresco,
bustocco,
avvocatesco,
boccaccesco,
caporalesco,
bacucco, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
Akin to fiacco (“tired, feeble”), from Latin flaccus (“flabby, flaccid”), possibly with contamination of roco, rauco (“hoarse”). Compare also German flau (“weak”). See: Latin Adjectives '
flaccus', German Adjectives '
flau'.
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