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Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin petulcus, derived from petō (“to attack”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈtul.ko/
- Rhymes: -ulko
- Hyphenation: pe‧tùl‧co
Adjective
petulco (feminine petulca, masculine plural petulchi or petulci, feminine plural petulche) (literary)
- butting with the horns
- (by extension) aggressive (said of goats and kids)
Further reading
- petulco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana