intriso

soaked, steeped

adjective een-TREE-zoh Rare

Origin: Latin intritum, past participle of interere (to rub in)

Also means

imbued

Usage Note

Intriso is the past participle of intrìdere, used mainly as an adjective meaning saturated with a liquid or figuratively imbued with a quality: intriso di sangue ('soaked in blood'), intriso di mistero ('steeped in mystery'). The feminine is intrisa, the plural intrisi / intrise. The stress falls on the second syllable.

Examples

"Il panno era intriso di olio."

Natural Translation

The cloth was soaked in oil.

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