anguillesco
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From anguilla (“eel”) + -esco.
Adjective edit
anguillesco (feminine anguillesca, masculine plural anguilleschi, feminine plural anguillesche)
- of or like an eel
- agilità anguillesca ― eel-like agility
- (figurative, by extension) slippery, evasive
- non può continuare nella sua tattica anguillesca
- he cannot continue with his slippery tactic
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- anguillesco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana