schivafatiche
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Verb-object compound, composed of schiva (“to dodge, to avoid”) + fatiche (“efforts”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
schivafatiche m or f by sense (invariable) (literary)
- idler, loafer
- 1840, Alessandro Manzoni, I promessi sposi[1], Tip. Guglielmini e Redaelli, Chapter XXVII, page 521:
- Donna Prassede […] s’era ristretta a brontolare spesso contro di lui, a nominarlo uno schivafatiche, un uomo fisso nelle sue idee, un letterato
- Donna Prassede took refuge in grumbling against him as an idler, a man who would have his own way, a mere scholar
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ schivafatiche in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication