asciutto

Meaning

Adj

1. dry
2. curt, abrupt, sharp
3. lean, thin (of a body)
4. not cooked or served in broth or another cooking liquid

Noun

dry place, dry ground

Concepts

dry

arid

lean

concise

dry ground

haggard

rawboned

scraggy

scrawny

short

shortly

spare

succinct

to the point

nonverbose

barren

brief

curtly

gaunt

Synonyms

secco

arido

magro

asciutta

stringato

secca

succinto

compendioso

diretto

laconico

scarno

scheletrico

schematico

seccamente

sentenzioso

sintetico

slanciato

sparuto

striminzito

terso

sìccu

sciùccu

conciso

piano

snello

sodo

sottile

breviloquente

Translations

trocken

seco

sec

seco

siccus

dürr

kuru

droog

sec

στεγνός

sèche

nerveux

court

ξηρός

Hyphenated as

a‧sciùt‧to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aʃˈʃut.to/

Etymology

From Latin exsūctus, past participle of exsūgō, from ex + sūgō. Compare Sicilian asciuttu, Spanish enjuto, Portuguese enxuto, Catalan eixut.