noun · masculine
excornum
*excornum m
Meaning
- masculinereconstructionuncountableshame, humiliation
Origins
Deverbal from a reflexive *sē excornāre (“to make a fool of oneself”, cf. Italian scornarsi, literally “to tear off one's horns”), from ex- + cornū + -āre.
Descendants
- Italianscorno
- Corsicanscornu
- Neapolitanscuorno
- Sicilianscornu