lazzaro

• IPA^(key): /ˈlad.d͡za.ro/
• Rhymes: -addzaro
• Hyphenation: làz‧za‧ro

From Medieval Latin lazarus (“leper”), an antonomasia from Lazarus, from Koine Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), the given name of the Biblical character found in Luke 16, from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר (“Eleazar”, literally “God has helped”), a given name shared by various figures in the Hebrew Bible.

lazzaro m (plural lazzari)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of lebbroso: a leper

• lazzaretto
• lazzarista

Borrowed from Spanish lázaro (“poor, ragged”).

lazzaro m (plural lazzari)

1. (historical, derogatory) a supporter of the Bourbon monarchy in the south of Italy during the Risorgimento

• lazzarone

• làżżaro¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• làżżaro² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• razzola

Borrowed from Spanish lázaro (“poor man, ragged beggar, leper”), from the name of St. Lazarus.

lazzaro m (plural lazzare)

1. boor, lout

• lazzariare
• lazzariello
• lazzarone

• Riccio, Giovanna (2005) Ispanismi nel dialetto napoletano, Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 123
• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “lazzariare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano