pizzicarolo

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Italian

Etymology

From pizzicare (to burn, from the sale of spicy foods) +‎ -arolo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pit.t͡si.kaˈrɔ.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlo
  • Hyphenation: piz‧zi‧ca‧rò‧lo

Noun

pizzicarolo m (plural pizzicaroli)

  1. (central Italy) Synonym of pizzicagnolo
    • c. 1362, Buccio di Ranallo, Cronaca aquilana[1]:
      Era uno granne carmino, dico, de macellari.
      Et de piczecaroli, et delli tabernari.
      Et de ferrari ancora, et delli causulari;
      Contarese non porrìa quanti pagaro denari.
      It was a big walk, I say, of buthcers,
      And of grocers, and of innkeepers.
      And also of ironsmiths, and of shoemakers;
      One couldn't count how much money they paid.