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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Sardinian cozudu, colludu. By surface analysis, coglia + -uto.
Adjective
cogliuto (feminine cogliuta, masculine plural cogliuti, feminine plural cogliute) (archaic, Pisan Sardinia)
- uncastrated (also nominalised)
1327, chapter 14, in Breve di Villa di Chiesa di Sigerro, book 3, page 130, line 40:Et lo quarto del castrone dinansi tagli et debbia tagliare con lo collo rasente lo capo; et che ad alcuno cogliuto non debbiano nè possano lassare alcuna pelle allo puppulare.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
- “cogliuto”, in TLIO – Tesoro della lingua italiana delle origini