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baluginare.

to flash or flicker (appear ad disappear rapidly) (of light)

10 characters5 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/ba.lu.d͡ʒiˈna.re/
  1. to flash or flicker (appear ad disappear rapidly) (of light)

    intransitive · usually
  2. to come to mind suddenly, and sometimes unclearly

    figuratively · intransitive
    Gli baluginò una strana idea.
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Perhaps from ba- + luce (“light”) + -ino + -are. The voicing of -c- is common in Tuscan (compare fagiolo, piagente, brage). The prefix ba(r)- would be a dialectal variant of bis-, here in the sense of “imperfectly” (compare barlume (“glimmer”)).

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