acanino

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• IPA^(key): /a.kaˈni.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: a‧ca‧nì‧no

acanino (feminine acanina, masculine plural acanini, feminine plural acanine)

1. (literary) dear, sweet

   Synonyms: caro, dolce

   • 14^th century, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata ottava – Novella decima”, in Decameron:

     Non so chi mi s’avesse a questo potuto conducere altri che tu; tu m’hai miso lo foco all’arma, toscano acanino.

     I don't know who else other than you could have pushed me to this; you brought fire in my soul, dear Tuscan.

• acanino in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

• anacino, cannaio