Italian to English Dictionary (Dizionario Italiano-Inglese)

Giller

An author who has won or been nominated for the Giller Prize, a prominent Canadian literary award for fiction.

Grass-widow

A wife who is temporarily separated or away from her husband, typically for business, travel, or military service.

Gripsack

A small traveling bag or suitcase; a carpetbag.

Hatchet-Face

A person, typically a woman, with a sharp, angular facial structure.

Kine

An archaic or dialectal plural term for cows or cattle.

Maidenhead

The state of being a maiden; virginity or maidenhood (archaic or literary).

Milaksh

A specialized transliterated term referring to a distinct cultural or conceptual entity within South Asian and Middle Eastern linguistic contexts.

Nugatory

Of no value or importance; trifling, insignificant, or worthless.

Old-Man-of-the-Sea

A mythical figure or personification representing the sea, often depicted as wise and burdensome.

Old-bat

A derogatory term for an unpleasant, annoying, or eccentric elderly woman.

Osier

A willow of any of various species, having flexible shoots used for basketry and furniture making.

Phonological constraints

Restrictions in a particular language on the permissible combinations of sounds or phonemes in syllables and words.