"meschino" meaning in Italian

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Adjective

IPA: /meˈski.no/ Forms: meschina [feminine], meschini [masculine, plural], meschine [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ino Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn) from Aramaic מסכנא (meskēnā), derived from Akkadian 𒈦𒆕𒂗 (muškēnum, “villein, indigent; class of people dependent or reliant on others, unable to provide supplies on their own; commoner”). The Akkadian term is first recorded in early dynastic Sumer. Compare French mesquin, Portuguese mesquinho, Sicilian mischinu, Spanish mezquino. Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|ar|مِسْكِين}} Borrowed from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn), {{der|it|arc|מסכנא|tr=meskēnā}} Aramaic מסכנא (meskēnā), {{der|it|akk|muškēnum|𒈦𒆕𒂗|gloss=villein, indigent; class of people dependent or reliant on others, unable to provide supplies on their own; commoner|tr=muškēnum}} Akkadian 𒈦𒆕𒂗 (muškēnum, “villein, indigent; class of people dependent or reliant on others, unable to provide supplies on their own; commoner”), {{cog|fr|mesquin}} French mesquin, {{cog|pt|mesquinho}} Portuguese mesquinho, {{cog|scn|mischinu}} Sicilian mischinu, {{cog|es|mezquino}} Spanish mezquino Head templates: {{it-adj}} meschino (feminine meschina, masculine plural meschini, feminine plural meschine)
  1. (literary) unfortunate, unlucky Tags: literary Synonyms: disgraziato, infelice, sfortunato, sventurato, tapino [literary]
    Sense id: en-meschino-it-adj-3hq1T9sd
  2. (obsolete) servile, servantlike Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-meschino-it-adj-JU65GUaH Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 34 5 23 2 19 1 9 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 35 3 34 2 17 1 4 4
  3. inadequate, insufficient, meager, measly Synonyms: inadeguato, insufficiente, miserabile, misero, povero
    Sense id: en-meschino-it-adj-W64FDElk
  4. (uncommon) frail, weakly (of a person's body) Tags: uncommon Synonyms: debole, esile, fragile, gracile
    Sense id: en-meschino-it-adj-5g6R99e2 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 1 27 6 37 2 15 3 6 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 35 3 34 2 17 1 4 4
  5. (derogatory) petty, narrow-minded; wretched Tags: derogatory Synonyms: arido, gretto, misero
    Sense id: en-meschino-it-adj-BYuhULYc
  6. poor (used to express commiseration in Liguria)
    Sense id: en-meschino-it-adj-Y6nfkWtT Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 35 3 34 2 17 1 4 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: meschinamente, meschinità

Noun

IPA: /meˈski.no/ Forms: meschini [plural]
Rhymes: -ino Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn) from Aramaic מסכנא (meskēnā), derived from Akkadian 𒈦𒆕𒂗 (muškēnum, “villein, indigent; class of people dependent or reliant on others, unable to provide supplies on their own; commoner”). The Akkadian term is first recorded in early dynastic Sumer. Compare French mesquin, Portuguese mesquinho, Sicilian mischinu, Spanish mezquino. Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|ar|مِسْكِين}} Borrowed from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn), {{der|it|arc|מסכנא|tr=meskēnā}} Aramaic מסכנא (meskēnā), {{der|it|akk|muškēnum|𒈦𒆕𒂗|gloss=villein, indigent; class of people dependent or reliant on others, unable to provide supplies on their own; commoner|tr=muškēnum}} Akkadian 𒈦𒆕𒂗 (muškēnum, “villein, indigent; class of people dependent or reliant on others, unable to provide supplies on their own; commoner”), {{cog|fr|mesquin}} French mesquin, {{cog|pt|mesquinho}} Portuguese mesquinho, {{cog|scn|mischinu}} Sicilian mischinu, {{cog|es|mezquino}} Spanish mezquino Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} meschino m (plural meschini)
  1. (literary) an unfortunate or unlucky person Tags: literary, masculine
    Sense id: en-meschino-it-noun-i88jugxJ
  2. (obsolete) servant, subordinate Tags: masculine, obsolete Synonyms: servo, sottoposto
    Sense id: en-meschino-it-noun-3sSi2yjk
  3. wretch Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-meschino-it-noun-SEDGgAvD

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "meschinamente"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "meschinità"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "مِسْكِين"
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "arc",
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        "tr": "meskēnā"
      },
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      "name": "der"
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        "tr": "muškēnum"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒈦𒆕𒂗 (muškēnum, “villein, indigent; class of people dependent or reliant on others, unable to provide supplies on their own; commoner”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "mesquin"
      },
      "expansion": "French mesquin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "mesquinho"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese mesquinho",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "mischinu"
      },
      "expansion": "Sicilian mischinu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "mezquino"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish mezquino",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn) from Aramaic מסכנא (meskēnā), derived from Akkadian 𒈦𒆕𒂗 (muškēnum, “villein, indigent; class of people dependent or reliant on others, unable to provide supplies on their own; commoner”). The Akkadian term is first recorded in early dynastic Sumer. Compare French mesquin, Portuguese mesquinho, Sicilian mischinu, Spanish mezquino.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meschina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meschini",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meschine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "meschino (feminine meschina, masculine plural meschini, feminine plural meschine)",
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    }
  ],
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    "me‧schì‧no"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "felice"
        },
        {
          "word": "fortunato"
        }
      ],
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        "unfortunate, unlucky"
      ],
      "id": "en-meschino-it-adj-3hq1T9sd",
      "links": [
        [
          "unfortunate",
          "unfortunate"
        ],
        [
          "unlucky",
          "unlucky"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) unfortunate, unlucky"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "disgraziato"
        },
        {
          "word": "infelice"
        },
        {
          "word": "sfortunato"
        },
        {
          "word": "sventurato"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "tapino"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 34 5 23 2 19 1 9 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 35 3 34 2 17 1 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "servile, servantlike"
      ],
      "id": "en-meschino-it-adj-JU65GUaH",
      "links": [
        [
          "servile",
          "servile"
        ],
        [
          "servantlike",
          "servantlike"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) servile, servantlike"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "adeguato"
        },
        {
          "word": "congruo"
        },
        {
          "word": "dignitoso"
        },
        {
          "word": "giusto"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inadequate, insufficient, meager, measly"
      ],
      "id": "en-meschino-it-adj-W64FDElk",
      "links": [
        [
          "inadequate",
          "inadequate"
        ],
        [
          "insufficient",
          "insufficient"
        ],
        [
          "meager",
          "meager"
        ],
        [
          "measly",
          "measly"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "inadeguato"
        },
        {
          "word": "insufficiente"
        },
        {
          "word": "miserabile"
        },
        {
          "word": "misero"
        },
        {
          "word": "povero"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "florido"
        },
        {
          "word": "forte"
        },
        {
          "word": "robusto"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 27 6 37 2 15 3 6 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 35 3 34 2 17 1 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "frail, weakly (of a person's body)"
      ],
      "id": "en-meschino-it-adj-5g6R99e2",
      "links": [
        [
          "frail",
          "frail"
        ],
        [
          "weakly",
          "weakly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon) frail, weakly (of a person's body)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "debole"
        },
        {
          "word": "esile"
        },
        {
          "word": "fragile"
        },
        {
          "word": "gracile"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "aperto"
        },
        {
          "word": "generoso"
        },
        {
          "word": "magnanimo"
        },
        {
          "word": "liberale"
        },
        {
          "word": "nobile"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "petty, narrow-minded; wretched"
      ],
      "id": "en-meschino-it-adj-BYuhULYc",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "petty",
          "petty"
        ],
        [
          "narrow-minded",
          "narrow-minded"
        ],
        [
          "wretched",
          "wretched"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) petty, narrow-minded; wretched"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "arido"
        },
        {
          "word": "gretto"
        },
        {
          "word": "misero"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 35 3 34 2 17 1 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "poor (used to express commiseration in Liguria)"
      ],
      "id": "en-meschino-it-adj-Y6nfkWtT",
      "links": [
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ],
        [
          "commiseration",
          "commiseration#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/meˈski.no/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ino"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meschino"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "مِسْكِين"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
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      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒈦𒆕𒂗 (muškēnum, “villein, indigent; class of people dependent or reliant on others, unable to provide supplies on their own; commoner”)",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "mesquin"
      },
      "expansion": "French mesquin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "mesquinho"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese mesquinho",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "mischinu"
      },
      "expansion": "Sicilian mischinu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "mezquino"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish mezquino",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn) from Aramaic מסכנא (meskēnā), derived from Akkadian 𒈦𒆕𒂗 (muškēnum, “villein, indigent; class of people dependent or reliant on others, unable to provide supplies on their own; commoner”). The Akkadian term is first recorded in early dynastic Sumer. Compare French mesquin, Portuguese mesquinho, Sicilian mischinu, Spanish mezquino.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meschini",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "meschino m (plural meschini)",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "me‧schì‧no"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "an unfortunate or unlucky person"
      ],
      "id": "en-meschino-it-noun-i88jugxJ",
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          "unfortunate",
          "unfortunate"
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          "unlucky",
          "unlucky"
        ]
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        "(literary) an unfortunate or unlucky person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "servant, subordinate"
      ],
      "id": "en-meschino-it-noun-3sSi2yjk",
      "links": [
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ],
        [
          "subordinate",
          "subordinate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) servant, subordinate"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "servo"
        },
        {
          "word": "sottoposto"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wretch"
      ],
      "id": "en-meschino-it-noun-SEDGgAvD",
      "links": [
        [
          "wretch",
          "wretch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/meˈski.no/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ino"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meschino"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Italian 3-syllable words",
    "Italian adjectives",
    "Italian countable nouns",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian masculine nouns",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Italian terms derived from Akkadian",
    "Italian terms derived from Arabic",
    "Italian terms derived from Aramaic",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ino",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ino/3 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "meschinamente"
    },
    {
      "word": "meschinità"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "مِسْكِين"
      },
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      "name": "bor+"
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        "2": "arc",
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      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒈦𒆕𒂗 (muškēnum, “villein, indigent; class of people dependent or reliant on others, unable to provide supplies on their own; commoner”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "mesquin"
      },
      "expansion": "French mesquin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "mesquinho"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese mesquinho",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "mischinu"
      },
      "expansion": "Sicilian mischinu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "mezquino"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish mezquino",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meschina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meschini",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meschine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "meschino (feminine meschina, masculine plural meschini, feminine plural meschine)",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "me‧schì‧no"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "felice"
        },
        {
          "word": "fortunato"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Italian literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "unfortunate, unlucky"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unfortunate",
          "unfortunate"
        ],
        [
          "unlucky",
          "unlucky"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) unfortunate, unlucky"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "disgraziato"
        },
        {
          "word": "infelice"
        },
        {
          "word": "sfortunato"
        },
        {
          "word": "sventurato"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "tapino"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "servile, servantlike"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "servile",
          "servile"
        ],
        [
          "servantlike",
          "servantlike"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) servile, servantlike"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "adeguato"
        },
        {
          "word": "congruo"
        },
        {
          "word": "dignitoso"
        },
        {
          "word": "giusto"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inadequate, insufficient, meager, measly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inadequate",
          "inadequate"
        ],
        [
          "insufficient",
          "insufficient"
        ],
        [
          "meager",
          "meager"
        ],
        [
          "measly",
          "measly"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "inadeguato"
        },
        {
          "word": "insufficiente"
        },
        {
          "word": "miserabile"
        },
        {
          "word": "misero"
        },
        {
          "word": "povero"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "florido"
        },
        {
          "word": "forte"
        },
        {
          "word": "robusto"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with uncommon senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "frail, weakly (of a person's body)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "frail",
          "frail"
        ],
        [
          "weakly",
          "weakly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon) frail, weakly (of a person's body)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "debole"
        },
        {
          "word": "esile"
        },
        {
          "word": "fragile"
        },
        {
          "word": "gracile"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "aperto"
        },
        {
          "word": "generoso"
        },
        {
          "word": "magnanimo"
        },
        {
          "word": "liberale"
        },
        {
          "word": "nobile"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Italian derogatory terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "petty, narrow-minded; wretched"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "petty",
          "petty"
        ],
        [
          "narrow-minded",
          "narrow-minded"
        ],
        [
          "wretched",
          "wretched"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) petty, narrow-minded; wretched"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "arido"
        },
        {
          "word": "gretto"
        },
        {
          "word": "misero"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "poor (used to express commiseration in Liguria)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ],
        [
          "commiseration",
          "commiseration#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/meˈski.no/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ino"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meschino"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Italian 3-syllable words",
    "Italian adjectives",
    "Italian countable nouns",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian masculine nouns",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Italian terms derived from Akkadian",
    "Italian terms derived from Arabic",
    "Italian terms derived from Aramaic",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ino",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ino/3 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "مِسْكِين"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "arc",
        "3": "מסכנא",
        "tr": "meskēnā"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic מסכנא (meskēnā)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "akk",
        "3": "muškēnum",
        "4": "𒈦𒆕𒂗",
        "gloss": "villein, indigent; class of people dependent or reliant on others, unable to provide supplies on their own; commoner",
        "tr": "muškēnum"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒈦𒆕𒂗 (muškēnum, “villein, indigent; class of people dependent or reliant on others, unable to provide supplies on their own; commoner”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "mesquin"
      },
      "expansion": "French mesquin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "mesquinho"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese mesquinho",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "mischinu"
      },
      "expansion": "Sicilian mischinu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "mezquino"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish mezquino",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn) from Aramaic מסכנא (meskēnā), derived from Akkadian 𒈦𒆕𒂗 (muškēnum, “villein, indigent; class of people dependent or reliant on others, unable to provide supplies on their own; commoner”). The Akkadian term is first recorded in early dynastic Sumer. Compare French mesquin, Portuguese mesquinho, Sicilian mischinu, Spanish mezquino.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meschini",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "meschino m (plural meschini)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "me‧schì‧no"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an unfortunate or unlucky person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unfortunate",
          "unfortunate"
        ],
        [
          "unlucky",
          "unlucky"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) an unfortunate or unlucky person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "servant, subordinate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ],
        [
          "subordinate",
          "subordinate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) servant, subordinate"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "servo"
        },
        {
          "word": "sottoposto"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wretch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wretch",
          "wretch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/meˈski.no/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ino"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meschino"
}

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