"anguillesco" meaning in Italian

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Adjective

Forms: anguillesca [feminine], anguilleschi [masculine, plural], anguillesche [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From anguilla (“eel”) + -esco. Etymology templates: {{suffix|it|anguilla|esco|t1=eel}} anguilla (“eel”) + -esco Head templates: {{it-adj}} anguillesco (feminine anguillesca, masculine plural anguilleschi, feminine plural anguillesche)
  1. of or like an eel
    Sense id: en-anguillesco-it-adj-~qBeUllz Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian terms suffixed with -esco, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Italian terms suffixed with -esco: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
  2. (figurative, by extension) slippery, evasive Tags: broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-anguillesco-it-adj-OTn91pWw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anguillescamente

Inflected forms

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