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English
Etymology
From Italian lazzarone.
Noun
lazzarone (plural lazzarones or lazzaroni)
- (historical, chiefly in the plural) One of the poorer classes of Neapolitans; a chance-worker or beggar.
1792, Charlotte Smith, “Letter X. To Mr. Bethel.”, in Desmond. , volume II, London: G[eorge,] G J and J Robinson, , →OCLC, page 121:What does he mean by his Rights of Man, and his equality?—What wretched and dangerous doctrine to diſſeminate among the lazzaroni* of England, where they are always ready enough to murmur againſt their betters?
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Romance and Reality. , volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, , →OCLC, page 255:[…] attended by one or two of his band, who intended leaving off business and turning lazzaroni, they all set off for Naples, which they found in an uproar.
1903, Henry James, The Beast in the Jungle:Marcher said to himself that he ought to have rendered her some service - saved her from a capsized boat in the bay, or at least recovered her dressing bag, filched from her cab, in the streets of Naples, by a lazzarone with a stiletto.
French
Noun
lazzarone m (plural lazzarones)
- lazzarone
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
From lazzaro + -one.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lad.d͡zaˈro.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: laz‧za‧ró‧ne
Noun
lazzarone m (plural lazzaroni)
- scoundrel, rogue
- (obsolete) leper
Descendants
Further reading
- lażżaróne in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana