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Sicilian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French joc (“chicken roost”).
Noun
giuccu m (plural giucchi)
- roost, especially for chickens
jiri a lu giuccu- to go to sleep
- (literally, “to go to the roost”)
Further reading
Etymology 2
Compare Italian ciucco, giucco.
Noun
giuccu m (plural giucchi)
- (derogatory) half-wit (inept person)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:babbu
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “giuccu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1853
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “giuccu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 2, page 228
- Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “giuccu”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 424