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Sicilian
Etymology
From cacari (“to shit”). Compare French chiasse.
Noun
cacazza f
- shit (of very small animals: flies, fleas, etc.)
- Synonyms: cacatura, cacatedda, cacazzata
- Hypernyms: merda, cacca
- sleep, ground, rheum
- In full: cacazza d'occhi
- Synonyms: cùzzica, cacca, vurru, jariddu
- earwax
- In full: cacazza d'oricchia
- Synonyms: cùzzica, cacazzina, lurdìa, muca
- iron slag
- In full: cacazza di ferru
- Synonym: cacazzina
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “cacazza”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 602–603
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “cacazza”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 223
- Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “cacazza”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 124