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Sicilian
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin mūcus. See also muccu and mòccaru. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
moccu m (uncountable)
- Synonym of morvu: snot
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “mòccaru, moccu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2542
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “moccu, o moccaru”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 185