manucare

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mandūcāre (“to chew, (coll.) eat”). Doublet of manducare, manicare, and mangiare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ma.nuˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ma‧nu‧cà‧re

Verb

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete, rarely literary and humorous) to eat
    Synonyms: (archaic) manducare, mangiare, (obsolete) manicare
    • c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato primo, Capitolo I [First Treatise, Chapter 1]”, in Convivio [The Banquet]‎, Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964, section 7:
      Oh beati quelli pochi che seggiono a quella mensa dove lo pane de li angeli si manuca! e miseri quelli che con le pecore hanno comune cibo!
      Blessed are the few who sit at the table where the bread of the angels is eaten, and most unfortunate those who share the food of sheep!
    • 1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata seconda – Novella quinta”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron‎, Bari: Laterza, 1927:
      Che paura avete voi? Credete voi che egli vi manuchi?
      What are you afraid of? Are you scared he will eat you?

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Further reading
  • manucare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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