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Etymology edit

From the proper noun Stiffelio, title and protagonist of an opera of Giuseppe Verdi.[1]

Noun edit

stiffelius m (invariable)

  1. frock coat, redingote

References edit

  1. ^ “stiffelius” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN