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caleffare.

to reinvigorate, to brighten (a color)

9 characters4 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/ka.lefˈfa.re/
  1. to reinvigorate, to brighten (a color)

    archaic · transitive
  2. to do as a joke

    archaic · transitive
  3. to mock

    archaic · transitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin calefacere. In the second and third senses possibly influenced by Old High German klaffen, klaffōn (“to chatter”).

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