infinocchiare

Italian

Etymology

From in- + finocchio (fennel) + -are. The common sense "to hoodwink, to bamboozle" is uncertain and variously explained.

Verb

infinocchiàre (first-person singular present infinòcchio, first-person singular past historic infinocchiài, past participle infinocchiàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (informal) to hoodwink, to bamboozle
  2. (rare) to season with fennel

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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