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meschino.

unfortunate, unlucky

8 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

adj/mesˈki.no/

  1. unfortunate, unlucky

    literary

  2. servile, servantlike

    obsolete

  3. inadequate, insufficient, meager, measly

  4. frail, weakly (of a person's body)

    uncommon

  5. petty, narrow-minded; wretched

    derogatory

  6. poor used to express commiseration

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn) from Aramaic מסכנא (meskēnā), derived from Akkadian 𒈦𒆕𒂗 (muškēnum, “villein, indigent; class of people dependent or reliant on others, unable to provide supplies on their own; commoner”). The Akkadian term is first recorded in early dynastic Sumer. Compare French mesquin, Portuguese mesquinho, Sicilian mischinu, Spanish mezquino.

noun/mesˈki.no/

  1. an unfortunate or unlucky person

    literary · masculine

  2. servant, subordinate

    masculine · obsolete

  3. wretch

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn) from Aramaic מסכנא (meskēnā), derived from Akkadian 𒈦𒆕𒂗 (muškēnum, “villein, indigent; class of people dependent or reliant on others, unable to provide supplies on their own; commoner”). The Akkadian term is first recorded in early dynastic Sumer. Compare French mesquin, Portuguese mesquinho, Sicilian mischinu, Spanish mezquino.

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