serico

See also: sérico

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sericus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ri.ko/
• Rhymes: -ɛriko
• Hyphenation: sè‧ri‧co

Adjective

serico (feminine serica, masculine plural serici, feminine plural seriche) (literary)

1. made of silk; silky

   Synonym: di seta

   • 1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “CCI — Mia ventura et Amor m’avean sí adorno”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 1–2; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:

     Mia ventura et Amor m'avean sí adorno / d'un bello aurato et serico trapunto

     My luck and Love had thus adorned me / of a beautiful gold and silk embroidery

References

• serico¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• cerosi, corsie, escirò, escori, reciso, riesco, riseco, risecò, scierò, scorie, sorice

Latin

Noun

sēricō

1. dative/ablative singular of sēricum