scarnire

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /skarˈni.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: scar‧nì‧re

Verb

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scarnìre (first-person singular present scarnìsco, first-person singular past historic scarnìi, past participle scarnìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, also bookbinding, tanning) to strip the flesh off of
    Synonym: scarnificare
  2. (transitive, uncommon) to emaciate
  3. (transitive, figurative) to make pithy (a piece of writing, one's style, etc.)
  4. (transitive) to skive
  5. (transitive) to strip to the bare bones

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • scarnire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana