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liscio.

smooth, sleek, polished

6 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈliʃ.ʃo/

  1. smooth, sleek, polished

  2. simple

    figuratively

  3. neat, straight (of an alcoholic beverage)

  4. of the private parts (scrotum, anus, vulva, etc.) hairless

    slang · vulgar
Where this word comes from

From Vulgar Latin *līsius, from Ancient Greek λισσός (lissós, “smooth”). Or, from *lixus, derived from *lixāre (“to clean, boil”), presumably related to lixa (“lye”). Compare Portuguese and Spanish liso, French lisse, Catalan llis, Sicilian lisciu, Friulian, Lombard, and Provençal lis, Romansh glisch.

adv/ˈliʃ.ʃo/

  1. smoothly

Where this word comes from

From Vulgar Latin *līsius, from Ancient Greek λισσός (lissós, “smooth”). Or, from *lixus, derived from *lixāre (“to clean, boil”), presumably related to lixa (“lye”). Compare Portuguese and Spanish liso, French lisse, Catalan llis, Sicilian lisciu, Friulian, Lombard, and Provençal lis, Romansh glisch.

noun/ˈliʃ.ʃo/

  1. ballroom dancing

    masculine

  2. country music

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Vulgar Latin *līsius, from Ancient Greek λισσός (lissós, “smooth”). Or, from *lixus, derived from *lixāre (“to clean, boil”), presumably related to lixa (“lye”). Compare Portuguese and Spanish liso, French lisse, Catalan llis, Sicilian lisciu, Friulian, Lombard, and Provençal lis, Romansh glisch.

verb/ˈliʃ.ʃo/

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lisciare

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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