schivafatiche
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ski.va.faˈti.ke/, [s̪k̟iväfäˈt̪iːke]
- Hyphenation: schi‧va‧fa‧tì‧che
Noun
schivafatiche m or f (invariable) (literary)
- idler, loafer
- 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
- Synonyms: poltrone, sfaticato, scansafatiche
- Antonyms: laborioso, operoso, solerte
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Related terms
- fatica
- faticabilità
- faticare
- faticata
- faticatore
- schivabile
- schivare
- schivata
- schivezza
- schivo
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