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nicchiare.

to hesitate, to shilly-shally

9 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/nikˈkja.re/
  1. to hesitate, to shilly-shally

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Uncertain; either from Vulgar Latin *nīdiculāre (“to stay in one's nest”), from Latin nīdus (“nest”), or from Vulgar Latin *hinnitulāre, from Latin hinniō (“to neigh, whinny”), possibly even from a merger of the two.

verb/nikˈkja.re/
  1. to place in a niche

    archaic · literary · transitive
  2. to put, to place

    archaic · literary · transitive
Where this word comes from

From nicchia + -are.

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