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fesso.

tired

5 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈfɛs.so/

  1. tired

Where this word comes from

From Latin fessus

adj/ˈfes.so/

  1. ruptured, cracked

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  2. wounded

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Where this word comes from

From Latin fissus (“split, cloven”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidtós (“id”).

noun/ˈfes.so/

  1. opening, crack, chink

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  2. cut, split

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Where this word comes from

From Latin fissus (“split, cloven”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidtós (“id”).

adj/ˈfes.so/

  1. silly

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  2. idiotic

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Where this word comes from

From a euphemistic usage of Etymology 2, via the feminine form fessa, in southern Italy. Folk etymology instead attributes the semantic shift to military jargon in World War One, where commanders would reproach lazy soldiers by calling them fesso (“tired”) and them, not knowing the word, re-interpreting it to mean stupid. Compare Sicilian fissa (“idiot, naif”).

noun/ˈfes.so/

  1. twit, idiot

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Where this word comes from

From a euphemistic usage of Etymology 2, via the feminine form fessa, in southern Italy. Folk etymology instead attributes the semantic shift to military jargon in World War One, where commanders would reproach lazy soldiers by calling them fesso (“tired”) and them, not knowing the word, re-interpreting it to mean stupid. Compare Sicilian fissa (“idiot, naif”).

verb/ˈfes.so/

  1. past participle of fendere

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Where this word comes from

From Latin fissus (“split, cloven”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidtós (“id”).

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