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frappare.

to hem (a dress) with ruche

8 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/frapˈpa.re/
  1. to hem (a dress) with ruche

    archaic · dialectal · transitive
  2. to paint or inlay foliage

    archaic · dialectal · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From frappa + -are.

verb/frapˈpa.re/
  1. to shred, to rip into pieces

    archaic · transitive
  2. to shred, to destroy, to rip apart, to own (someone)

    figuratively · humorous · transitive
  3. to cheat, to deceive

    archaic · figuratively · transitive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old French frapper, fraper, or from Vulgar Latin frappāre; both from Frankish *hrapōn (“to jerk; snatch”).

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