incruscare

Italian

Etymology

From in- + crusca + -are.

Verb

incruscàre (first-person singular present incrùsco, first-person singular past historic incruscài, past participle incruscàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to cover with bran
  2. (transitive, literary, humorous) to embellish (one's style, discourse, etc.) in the style of the Accademia della Crusca

Conjugation

Further reading

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