decotto
Italian
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editEtymology 1
editFrom Latin dēcoctus, perfect passive participle of dēcocō, dēcoquō (“I boil away”).
Adjective
editdecotto (feminine decotta, masculine plural decotti, feminine plural decotte)
- (archaic) boiled, cooked
- (law, rare) bankrupt
- Synonym: fallito
- nearly bankrupt (of a company or business)
Etymology 2
editFrom Latin dēcoctum (“medicinal drink, potion”), substantivized neuter form of dēcoctus, perfect passive participle of dēcocō, dēcoquō (“I boil away”).
Noun
editdecotto m (plural decotti)
- decoction
- infusion, brew
- 1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno - Verso nona”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 74:
- […] il sambuco da farne con la corteccia un decotto per il fegato […]
- […] the elderberry for preparing from its trunk an infusion for the liver […]
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