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Italian
Etymology
Literally, “wet baby chicken”. Compare French poule mouillée.
Noun
pulcino bagnato m (plural pulcini bagnati)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pulcino, bagnato.
- (idiomatic) a very shy person
1858, Tommaso Gherardi del Testa, “Atto primo [First act]”, in La diplomazia nel matrimonio - Commedia in tre atti [Diplomacy in marriage - Comedy in three acts], Scena III [3rd scene]; collected in Teatro comico dell'avvocato T Gherardi del Testa, volume 3, Florence: Barbera, Bianchi & c., 1858, page 81:Bravo il signor segretario! la Luisetta gli ha dato subito nell'occhio; ed incomincierebbe dall'allungar le mani! Ed a me che sembrava un pulcino bagnato!- Would you look ar Mr. Secretary! Luisetta caught his eye immediately, and he starts with the groping! And here I was, thinking he looked like a shy one!
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References
- pulcino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana