piscoso

piscoso

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin piscōsus, derived from piscis (“fish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈsko.zo/
• Rhymes: -ozo
• Hyphenation: pi‧scó‧so

Adjective

piscoso (feminine piscosa, masculine plural piscosi, feminine plural piscose)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of pescoso (“fishful”)
   • early 16^th century, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 3”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 41:

     Come la terra, il cui produr di Rose
     Le die piacevol nome in Greche voci
     E la città ch’in mezo a le piscose
     Paludi del Po teme ambe le foci

     As the land whose production of roses granted it a pleasant name in Greek voices [languages], and the city that, among the fishful swamps of the Po, fears both rivermouths

Anagrams

• cisposo, sopisco

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Latin

Adjective

piscōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of piscōsus

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin piscōsus

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pisˈko.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pisˈko.zu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /piʃˈko.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pisˈko.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /piʃˈko.zu/

Adjective

piscoso (feminine piscosa, masculine plural piscosos, feminine plural piscosas, metaphonic)

1. full of fish; fishful