cacatosi

Italian

Etymology

From cacato +‎ -si.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈka.to.si/
  • Rhymes: -atosi
  • Hyphenation: ca‧cà‧to‧si

Participle

cacatosi (feminine cacatasi, masculine plural cacatisi, feminine plural cacatesi)

  1. compound of cacato, the masculine singular past participle of cacare, with si
    • 1544, Anton Francesco Doni, Lettere [Letters]‎[1], Al dottissimo M. Annibal Caro [To the very well-read M. Annibal Caro], page CXXVI:
      Et poi cacatoſi ſotto ſul bel mezzo di uoler dire; la par uiua; […]
      [E poi cacatosi sotto sul bel mezzo di voler dire «la [ella] par viva», […] ]
      And then, having shat himself in the middle of wanting to say "it seems alive", […]
      (literally, “And then shat himself under on the nice middle of wanting to say "she seems alive", […] ”)

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