mordicamento

Italian

Etymology

From mordicare +‎ -mento.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mor.di.kaˈmen.to/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Hyphenation: mor‧di‧ca‧mén‧to

Noun

mordicamento m (plural mordicamenti) (obsolete)

  1. corrosion
    • 13th c., “Libro quinto, Cap. II. Del mandorlo”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise On Agriculture]‎, translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri Ⅻ by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, pages 210–211:
      Ma si convengono scerre […] mandorle grandi, […] le quali si deono macerar nella mulsa molto adacquata, acciocchè 'l mordicamento […] non uccida il seme.
      But one should choose big almonds, which are to be macerated in very watered-down mead, so that the corrosion does not kill the seed.
  2. irritation, itching

Further reading
  • mordicamento in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • mordicare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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