rotto

See also: Rotto

English

Etymology

Apparently from rott(en) +‎ -o, probably after blotto.

Adjective

rotto (comparative more rotto, superlative most rotto)

1. (Ireland, colloquial, now rare) Very drunk.
   • 1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 16: Eumaeus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], page 600:

     [W]hen rotto and making himself a nuisance to everybody all round he was in the habit of ostentatiously sporting in public a suit of brown paper (a fact).

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ruptus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrot.to/
• Rhymes: -otto
• Hyphenation: rót‧to

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Adjective

rotto (feminine rotta, masculine plural rotti, feminine plural rotte)

1. broken

   Synonyms: infranto, spezzato

Derived terms

• rottame

Related terms

• corrotto
• rompere
• rottura

Participle

rotto (feminine rotta, masculine plural rotti, feminine plural rotte)

1. past participle of rompere

Anagrams

• torto