Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ moscio +‎ -are.

Verb

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ammosciàre (first-person singular present ammóscio, first-person singular past historic ammosciài, past participle ammosciàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (dialectal)

  1. (transitive) to (cause to) wilt, to shrivel
  2. (transitive) to (cause to) slacken, to (cause to) soften
  3. (intransitive) to wilt, to shrivel, to droop [auxiliary essere]
  4. (intransitive) to slacken [auxiliary essere]
  5. (intransitive, vulgar, slang) of a penis: to become flaccid

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

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