fesso

== Italian == === Etymology 1 === From Latin fessus ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfɛs.so/ Rhymes: -ɛsso Hyphenation: fès‧so ==== Adjective ==== fesso (feminine fessa, masculine plural fessi, feminine plural fesse) tired === Etymology 2 === From Latin fissus (“split, cloven”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidtós (“id”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfes.so/ Rhymes: -esso Hyphenation: fés‧so ==== Participle ==== fesso (feminine fessa, masculine plural fessi, feminine plural fesse) past participle of fendere ==== Adjective ==== fesso (feminine fessa, masculine plural fessi, feminine plural fesse) ruptured, cracked wounded ==== Noun ==== fesso m (plural fessi) (rare, Tuscan) opening, crack, chink Synonym: fessura (archaic or literary) cut, split ===== Related terms ===== fessura === Etymology 3 === From a euphemistic usage of Etymology 2, via the feminine form fessa, in southern Italy. Folk etymology instead attributes the semantic shift to military jargon in World War One, where commanders would reproach lazy soldiers by calling them fesso (“tired”) and them, not knowing the word, re-interpreting it to mean stupid. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfes.so/ Rhymes: -esso Hyphenation: fés‧so ==== Adjective ==== fesso (feminine fessa, masculine plural fessi, feminine plural fesse) silly idiotic ==== Noun ==== fesso m (plural fessi, feminine fessa) twit, idiot === References === === Anagrams === fosse == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɛs.soː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɛs.so] === Adjective === fessō dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fessus