busillis
Italian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editOriginated as part of a misreading – in an ancient text – of Latin in diēbus illīs (“in those days”) as *in die busillis (“in the day of busillis”), with the last word interpreted as a proper noun.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbusillis m (invariable)
- (literary) problem, enigma
- Synonym: difficoltà
Further reading
edit- busillis on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
- busillis in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana