frusto

See also: frustò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfru.sto/
• Rhymes: -usto
• Hyphenation: frù‧sto

Etymology 1

Alternative form of frustato, perfect passive participle of frustare (“to whip”, “to wear out”), derived from frusta (“whip”), from Latin fūstis (“knobbed stick”).

Participle

frusto (feminine frusta, masculine plural frusti, feminine plural fruste)

1. past participle of frustare

Adjective

frusto (feminine frusta, masculine plural frusti, feminine plural fruste)

1. (dated) threadbare, worn out
   1. (figurative) outworn, worn out

Etymology 2

Form of frustare.

Verb

frusto

1. first-person singular present indicative of frustare

Etymology 3

From Latin frustum.

Noun

frusto m (plural frusti)

1. (archaic) a piece or scrap (of food)

Latin

Noun

frūstō

1. dative/ablative singular of frūstum

References

• “frusto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• frusto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.