meschino

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic مِسْكِين‎ (miskīn) from Aramaic [script needed] (meskēnā), derived from Akkadian [script needed] (muškēnu, “villein”). The Akkadian term is first recorded in early dynastic Sumer. Compare French mesquin

Adjective

meschino (feminine singular meschina, masculine plural meschini, feminine plural meschine)

  1. wretched
  2. mean
  3. narrow-minded
  4. petty
  5. poor (used to express commiseration in Liguria)

Noun

meschino m (plural meschini)

  1. wretch
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