ostico

Italian

Etymology

From Latin hosticus, from hostis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.sti.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ɔstiko
  • Hyphenation: ò‧sti‧co

Adjective

ostico (feminine ostica, masculine plural ostici, feminine plural ostiche)

  1. onerous, difficult
    Synonym: ingrato
  2. (literary, uncommon) unpleasant, sour, bitter

Derived terms

Further reading
  • ostico in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • ostico in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • ostico in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • ostico in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • òstico in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • òstico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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