giovaneggiare
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From giovane (“young”) + -eggiare (verbalizing suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
giovaneggiàre (first-person singular present giovanéggio, first-person singular past historic giovaneggiài, past participle giovaneggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive, literary, rare, ironic or humorous) to act youthfully [auxiliary avere]
- 1859, G. Brambilla, “Ozii letterarii di Gaetano Demarchi”, in Rivista Contemporanea[1], Tipografia Cerutti, Derossi e Dusso, page 180:
- L'amator di Batillo desidera bere, ma più […] giovaneggiare con la bella Afrodite.
- Bathyllus' lover wishes to drink, but more to be youthful with the beautiful Aphrodite.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of giovaneggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
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Categories:
- Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Italian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ey- (life)
- Italian terms suffixed with -eggiare
- Italian 5-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/are
- Rhymes:Italian/are/5 syllables
- Italian lemmas
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- Italian verbs ending in -are
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
- Italian intransitive verbs
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