infinocchiare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From in- + finocchio (“fennel”) + -are. The common sense "to hoodwink, to bamboozle" is uncertain and variously explained.
Verb edit
infinocchiàre (first-person singular present infinòcchio, first-person singular past historic infinocchiài, past participle infinocchiàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of infinocchiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Further reading edit
- infinocchiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana