lanciner

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lancināre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑ̃.si.ne/
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Verb

lanciner

  1. to inflict a sharp pain
  2. (figurative) to torment, to trouble
    • 1992, Amélie Nothomb, Hygiène de l'assassin:
      Et moi, j’aurai été un écrivain de génie, universellement admiré, j’aurai reçu le prix Nobel de littérature, tout ça pour qu’un blanc-bec vienne me lanciner de questions quasi tautologiques, auxquelles le dernier des imbéciles fournirait une réponse identique à la mienne !
      And I will have become a literary genius, universally admired, I will have been given the Nobel Prize in Literature, all for some greenhorn to come and torment me with almost tautological questions to which any idiot would give exactly the same answer as me!

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Latin

Verb

lanciner

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of lancinō
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