English Explanatory Dictionary

rascette

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The wrist.
  2. The lines or wrinkles running across the wrist at the base of the palm.

Pronunciation

/ɹaˈsɛt/

Word forms

rascette rascettes rascetta

Etymology

From Middle French rachette, rascette, from Late Latin racheta, rasceta (“wrist, ankle”), diminutive of rasca, from Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa, “palm of the hand”).

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