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Italian
Etymology
From Latin moechus, from Ancient Greek μοιχός (moikhós).
Pronunciation
Noun
mecco m (plural mecchi) (obsolete, rare)
- adulterer
- Synonym: adultero
1478, Luigi Pulci, “Canto decimoquarto [Fourteenth Canto]”, in Morgante, Felice Le Monnier, published 1855, page 283:Non pensi tu che in ciel sia più giustizia,
malfusso, ladro, strupatore e mecco,
fornicator, uom pien d’ogni malizia,
ruffian, briccone, e sacrilego e becco?- You don't think there's any more justice in heaven, do you, you wretch, thief, rapist and adulterer, fornicator, man full of malice, pander, scoundrel, sacrileger and cuckold?
Further reading
- mecco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana