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agro.

sour, acidic

4 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈa.ɡro/

  1. sour, acidic

  2. harsh, violent, hostile; sad, painful; hard, difficult; unpleasant; cruel, merciless; rigid

    figuratively

  3. irritated

    figuratively · rare

  4. lemon-coloured; lemon

    figuratively

  5. having an unpleasant colour (of gemstones)

    obsolete · rare

  6. unrefined (of metal)

    obsolete · rare
Where this word comes from

Ultimately derived from Vulgar Latin ācrus, from Classical Latin ācrem (with a change in declension). Likely borrowed from Gallo-Italic, mostly displacing the inherited and now rare acro. Cognate with Sicilian agru. Doublet of acre, a borrowing from Latin.

noun/ˈa.ɡro/

  1. sourness

    masculine · rare · uncountable

  2. juice

    masculine · uncountable

  3. sadness, sorrow

    figuratively · masculine · rare · uncountable

  4. dissonance, cacophony

    figuratively · masculine · rare · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Ultimately derived from Vulgar Latin ācrus, from Classical Latin ācrem (with a change in declension). Likely borrowed from Gallo-Italic, mostly displacing the inherited and now rare acro. Cognate with Sicilian agru. Doublet of acre, a borrowing from Latin.

noun/ˈa.ɡro/

  1. countryside around a town

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin agrum, from Proto-Italic *agros, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros.

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