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tostus.

roasted, toasted, scorched, having been roasted.

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈtɔs.tʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈtɔs.tus]
  1. roasted, toasted, scorched, having been roasted.

    declension-1 · declension-2 · participle
  2. parched, dried up, having been parched.

    declension-1 · declension-2 · participle
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ters- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *tr̥stós Proto-Italic *torstos Latin tostus Perfect passive participle of torreō (“to scorch, roast”, for earlier *torstus). From Proto-Italic *torstos, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥s-tó-s.

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