scorciare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to shorten
  2. (transitive) to foreshorten
  3. (figuratively, transitive) to portray incisively
  4. (intransitive, rare) to appear foreshortened

Concepts

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *excurtiāre, from Latin curtus. Compare Catalan escurçar.

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