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luigi

/luˈiːd͡ʒi/

luigi is the alternative form of Luigi.

Proper noun capitalized: Luigi

Luigi

  1. A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Louis.
    • A motherly woman lived there with her son, Luigi, a gay young man with an olive-oily skin, glistening teeth and a rubbery smile.1952, Paul Brickhill, “The Man who Would Not Die”, in Escape—or Die: Authentic Stories of the R.A.F. Escaping Society, London: Pan Books Ltd., published 1956, page 106
    • As the senior mafia padrone, Luigi Sansone used his four-man mafia team to start collections from Sicilian businesses on the Hill.2011, J.C.R., Sally A. Forehand, J C R Forehand, Murder at the St. Louis Worlds Fair, page 75

Verb capitalized: Luigi

Luigi (third-person singular simple present Luigis, present participle Luiging, simple past and past participle Luigied)

  1. (Internet, neologism) To assassinate.
    • ProPublica was working on this story before UHC’s CEO got Luigied:2024 December 17, “Company Of Luigied CEO Has Been Fucking Over Autistic Kids”, in The Opinionated Ogre, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2024
    • I mean, some probably think that Luiging people might be fine?2024 December 23, PiranhaPlantFan, Reddit
    Synonyms:
    Kirk, JFK

Synonyms of luigi

Forms of luigi

third-person singular presentluigis
present participleluigiing
past participleluigied
pastluigied
alternative formLuigi
third-person singular presentLuigis
present participleLuiging
past participleLuigied
pastLuigied

Origin of luigi

Borrowed from Italian Luigi. Doublet of Ludovico, Luis, Ludwig, and other cognates. The verb sense emerged shortly after the December 2024 killing of American healthcare CEO Brian Thompson; the accused is Luigi Mangione.

Words formed from luigi

Words that rhyme with luigi

Questions about luigi

What does luigi mean?
Luigi means a male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Louis.
What is luigi the alternative form of?
Luigi is the alternative form of Luigi.
What part of speech is luigi?
Luigi can be a proper noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce luigi?
Luigi is pronounced /luˈiːd͡ʒi/.

Words near luigi in the dictionary

  1. Luichew
  2. Luichow
  3. luidiaquinoside
  4. luidiid
  5. luidiids
  6. luigi
  7. Luigi'd
  8. Luigied
  9. Luiging
  10. luigini
  11. luigino

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Adapted from Wiktionary: luigi (page history and authors); Luigi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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