lazzo

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Etymology

From Italian lazzo.

Noun

lazzo (plural lazzi)

  1. (theater) A stock comedic routine or physical action, traditionally associated with commedia dell'arte.

Italian

Etymology 1

Perhaps from *l'azzo, from the article l' + inherited Latin āctiō in the nominative.[1] For similar terms from nominative Latin -tiō, see dirizzo, guazza/guazzo, stazzo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlat.t͡so/, (traditional) /ˈlad.d͡zo/[2]
  • Rhymes: -attso, (traditional) -addzo
  • Hyphenation: làz‧zo

Noun

lazzo m (plural lazzi)

  1. jest, joke, prank

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin lacteus (“milky”). Doublet of latteo, which is borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lazzo (feminine lazza, masculine plural lazzi, feminine plural lazze)

  1. (literary) sharp, tart, pungent (of taste)
  2. (rare) shrill, piercing (of sound)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlat.t͡so/, (traditional) /ˈlad.d͡zo/[2]
  • Rhymes: -attso, (traditional) -addzo
  • Hyphenation: làz‧zo

Verb

lazzo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lazzare

References

  1. ^ lazzo2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 lazzo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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