10 beautiful Italian words

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1. scrosciare (vb.): the action of rain pouring down or of waves hitting rocks and cliffs.
2. meriggiare (vb.): to rest at noon, more likely in a shady spot outdoors.
3. lapidoso (adj.): full of stones, said of roads or of the bottom of a river.
4. innaffiare (vb.): to water something, especially a garden, a plant, a flower, etc.
5. cruore (n.): it literally means “flowing blood”.
6. nottivago (n.): of a person who wanders at night; night-roamer.
7. terrifico (adj.): of something or someone that terrifies, that provokes terror.
8. ansare (vb.): to hardly breathe, to be out of breath.
9. nequizia (n.): moral wickedness or evil action.
10. morituro (adj.): of someone who is next or destined to die.