-iccio

Italian Etymology it la -īcius long. it -izio, which was borrowed. Suffix m a slightly diminutive-pejorative suffix used to form adjectives and nouns, denoting approximation it malato sick malaticcio malaticcio sickly it bruno brown bruniccio bruniccio dull brown it no longer productive rare forms relational adjectives it massa massiccio massiccio massive, solid it fatto fatticcio fatticcio big, strong, robust rare attaches to past participles to form adjectives meaning -able, prone to, characterized by, or similar; sometimes forms nouns it appiccato appiccaticcio appiccaticcio it levato levaticcio levaticcio Derived terms it