abbaiatore

Italian

Etymology

From abbaiare (“to bark”) +‎ -tore.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ab.ba.jaˈto.re/
Rhymes: -ore
Hyphenation: ab‧ba‧ia‧tó‧re

Adjective

abbaiatore (feminine abbaiatrice, masculine plural abbaiatori, feminine plural abbaiatrici)

barking, baying
(figurative) slanderous
Synonym: maldicente

Noun

abbaiatore m (plural abbaiatori)

barking or baying animal
(figurative) slanderer
- 1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata terza – Novella settima”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron‎, Bari: Laterza, 1927:
  A cui Aldobrandin disse: — Va’ via, credi tu che io creda agli abbaiatori?
  To which Aldobrandino replied: — Go away! Do you think I believe those slanderers?

Further reading

abbaiatore in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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