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storpiare.

to cripple, maim

9 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/storˈpja.re/
  1. to cripple, maim

    transitive
    Come in tutte le cose, il troppo storpia.
  2. to mangle (words)

    figuratively · transitive
  3. to delay, to hinder

    archaic · transitive
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Some possibilities are presented below: * From Vulgar Latin *exturpiāre, from Latin ex- (“throughout; thoroughly”) + turpis (“ugly; unsightly”) + -are (infinitive suffix); literally, “to [make someone look] ugly throughout”, “to [render someone] thoroughly unsightly” (by maiming etc.). * From Vulgar Latin *sturpare, from Latin stuprare (“to defile; to rape”); if so, it would be a doublet of stuprare (“to rape”). * From Vulgar Latin *disturpare, from Latin deturpare (“to disfigure”); a doublet of deturpare in this case.

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