abbacinare

Meaning

  1. (archaic, transitive) to abacinate (to blind by holding a red-hot metal rod or plate before the eyes)
  2. (broadly, transitive) to dazzle
  3. (figuratively, transitive) to deceive; to deceptively attract
  4. (figuratively, transitive) to stun

Hyphenated as
ab‧ba‧ci‧nà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ab.ba.t͡ʃiˈna.re/
Etymology

From a- (“to, towards”) + bacino (“bowl”) + -are (1ˢᵗ conjugation verbal suffix).

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