scempio

Meaning

Adj

1. (archaic) single
2. single (of a consonant, not geminated)

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of scempiare

Noun

1. (masculine) destruction, havoc, ruin
2. (masculine) slaughter

Concepts

slaughter

butchery

simple

simpleton

single

hen-witted

insensate

massacre

mass murder

meshuga

rattlebrained

sacrifice

silly

sottish

unwise

cockamamy

goony

nutty as a fruitcake

insipient

sawney

dunderheaded

clottish

lamebrained

oxlike

duncelike

chowderheaded

boobish

twp

lunkish

wisdomless

twatty

anserine

melon-headed

Boeotian

carnage

cockamamie

havoc

Opposite of

doppio, geminato, lungo, raddoppiato

Synonyms

carneficina

baggiano

burattinesco

ciucco

dissennato

ecatombe

eccidio

falcidia

insensato

insulso

macello

massacro

scimunito

stolto

strage

tagliata

carnaio

babbione

tagliamento

insensate

besso

balorde

dissennata

Translations

massacre

tonto

sencillo

estrago

destrucción

simple

narrenhaft

töricht

albern

massacrer

sot

carnage

tueur de masse

fatua

närrisch

Hyphenated as

scém‧pio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃem.pjo/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin simplus (“simple”), under the influence of scemo (“silly”). However, for other examples of initial s- palatalized to sci-, see scimmia, scialiva, sciringa (doublet of siringa). Compare the synonym semplice.