strusciare
Meaning
- (transitive) to brush, to rub (a body part, an object)
- (intransitive) to brush, to rub [with contro ‘against something’]
- (transitive) to mangle, to maltreat, to mess up (an object)
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Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *extrūsciāre, inchoative form of Vulgar Latin *extrūsāre, from Latin extrūdō (“to drive out”) (infinitive extrūdere), perhaps influenced by strisciare (“to drag”). Cognate with Sicilian truscia and ntrusciari.
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