scelo

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin scelus, from Proto-Indo-European *skélos, derived from the root *(s)kel- (“bent, crooked”). Cognate with Greek σκέλος (skélos, “leg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈʃɛ.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɛlo
• Hyphenation: scè‧lo

Noun

scelo m (plural sceli)

1. (literary, obsolete, rare) misdeed, evil deed

   Synonym: misfatto

Related terms

• scellerato
• scellerità

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Celso, colse