pitoccheria

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Italian

Etymology

From pitocco +‎ -eria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.tok.keˈri.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: pi‧toc‧che‧rì‧a

Noun

pitoccheria f (plural pitoccherie)

  1. the state or condition of being a pitocco:
    1. beggary, mendicancy
    2. (by extension) stinginess, skinflintiness
  2. a deed or behaviour/behavior befitting a pitocco:
    1. a beggarly deed or behaviour/behavior
    2. (by extension) a stingy or tightwaddish deed or behaviour/behavior

Further reading

  • pitoccheria in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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