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scotto.

overcooked, overdone (chiefly of pasta and rice)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈskɔt.to/
  1. overcooked, overdone (chiefly of pasta and rice)

    Questi fusilli sono scotti.
Where this word comes from

From Latin excoctus, perfect passive participle of excoquō (“to boil; to melt”).

noun/ˈskɔt.to/
  1. the amount to pay for a meal in an inn or tavern

    archaic · literary · masculine
    in tutte le terre passate non guadagnò soldi venti, che gli scotti gli erano costati più di cento novanta
  2. any meal eaten in a place of lodging

    archaic · broadly · literary · masculine
  3. compensation

    archaic · figuratively · literary · masculine
    pagare lo scotto [di qualcosa]
Where this word comes from

From Frankish *skott, *skatt (“tax”), from Proto-Germanic *skattaz (“wealth; money”). Compare German Schatz (“treasure”) and Sicilian scuttari.

verb/ˈskɔt.to/
  1. past participle of scuocere

    archaic · form-of · literary · participle · past
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