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Italian
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps a Lombardic or Carolingian era borrowing from Old High German barrezzen (“to hate”) or maybe from French page (“page, serving boy”), probably via Neapolitan pazzo (compare French adage “être effronté comme un page”).
Alternatively from Latin patiēns (“suffering”). Compare Sicilian pacciu.
Pronunciation
Adjective
pazzo (feminine pazza, masculine plural pazzi, feminine plural pazze)
- crazy, insane, mad
- Synonym: matto
Derived terms
Noun
pazzo m (plural pazzi, feminine pazza)
- madman
- Synonym: matto
1973, “Alice”, in Alice non lo sa, performed by Francesco De Gregori:"Ma io non ci sto più e i pazzi siete voi" / Tutti pensarono dietro ai cappelli- "But I am not here anymore and you are the madmen" / Everyone thought behind the hats
References
- ^ pazzo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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