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Etymology

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From a- (to, towards) +‎ capriccio (repugnance; horror) +‎ -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ak.ka.pritˈt͡ʃa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ac‧ca‧pric‧cià‧re

Verb

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accapricciàre (first-person singular present accaprìccio, first-person singular past historic accapricciài, past participle accapricciàto, auxiliary èssere or avére)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) Alternative form of raccapricciare (to shudder) [auxiliary essere or avere]
    • mid 1300smid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXII”, in Inferno [Hell]‎[1], lines 31–33; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      I’ vidi, e anco il cor me n’accapriccia,
      uno aspettar così, com’ elli incontra
      ch’una rana rimane e l’altra spiccia
      I saw, and still my heart doth shudder at it, one waiting thus, even as it comes to pass one frog remains, and down another dives

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

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