zoppicare

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to have a limp, to walk with a limp
  2. (intransitive) to be lame
  3. (figuratively, intransitive) to be weak (in a subject)

Frequency

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Hyphenated as
zop‧pi‧cà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/d͡zop.piˈka.re/
Etymology

From zoppo + -icare, or inherited from Vulgar Latin *cloppicāre, from Late Latin cloppus. Compare Sicilian zuppijari.

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