anguillesco

Italian

Etymology

From anguilla (“eel”) +‎ -esco.

Adjective

anguillesco (feminine anguillesca, masculine plural anguilleschi, feminine plural anguillesche)

1. of or like an eel

   agilità anguillesca ― eel-like agility

2. (figurative, by extension) slippery, evasive

   non può continuare nella sua tattica anguillesca

   he cannot continue with his slippery tactic

Derived terms

• anguillescamente

Further reading

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