fico
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian fico (“a fig”), from Latin fīcus. Doublet of fig.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fico (plural ficoes)
- (archaic) a fig; an insignificant trifle
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
- a fico for the phrase.
- 1894, Stanley John Weyman, “XXI. Among the Wounded”, in My Lady Rotha:
- As for these chicken-hearted tremblers,' he continued, squinting askance at our companions, 'a fico for them!
- (archaic) a sign of contempt made with the fingers
References
[edit]- “fico”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
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Galician
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[edit]fico
Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]fico m (plural fichi, diminutive fichìno, augmentative ficóne, pejorative ficàccio, derogatory ficùccio)
- fig (fresh fruit and tree)
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Romanesco fico, desuffixation of ficaccio, popular corruption of efficace. Often connected to fica, but this has been shown to be wrong.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fico m (plural fichi, diminutive fichìno, augmentative ficóne, pejorative ficàccio, derogatory ficùccio)
Adjective
[edit]fico (feminine fica, masculine plural fichi, feminine plural fiche, superlative fichissimo)
Further reading
[edit]Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfiː.koː/, [ˈfiːkoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfi.ko/, [ˈfiːko]
Noun
[edit]fīcō
References
[edit]- fico in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
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Spanish
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West Makian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]fico
- (transitive) to look at
- (transitive) to keep an eye on
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of fico (action verb) | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | tefico | mefico | afico | |
2nd person | nefico | fefico | ||
3rd person | inanimate | ifico | defico | |
animate | ||||
imperative | nifico, fico | fifico, fico |
References
[edit]- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics
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