schivafatiche

Verb-object compound, composed of schiva (“to dodge, to avoid”) +‎ fatiche (“efforts”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌski.va.faˈti.ke/[1]
• Rhymes: -ike
• Hyphenation: schi‧va‧fa‧tì‧che

schivafatiche m or f by sense (invariable) (literary)

1. idler, loafer

   Synonyms: poltrone, sfaticato, scansafatiche

   Antonyms: laborioso, operoso, solerte

   • 1840, Alessandro Manzoni, I promessi sposi‎, Tip. Guglielmini e Redaelli, Chapter XXVII, page 521:

     Donna Prassede […] s’era ristretta a brontolare spesso contro di lui, a nominarlo uno schivafatiche, un uomo fisso nelle sue idee, un letterato

     Donna Prassede took refuge in grumbling against him as an idler, a man who would have his own way, a mere scholar