quattrocchi

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Italian

Etymology

From quattro (four) +‎ occhi (eyes), as used in the expression a quattr'occhi (in private).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwatˈtrɔk.ki/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔkki
  • Hyphenation: quat‧tròc‧chi

Noun

quattrocchi m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. (colloquial, informal, often derogatory) four-eyes (person who wears glasses)
    Synonym: occhialuto
    • 2000, Daniel Picouly, La luce della follia, tr. by Annamaria Ferrero, Feltrinelli, →ISBN, page 131:
      La quattrocchi la guardava dall'alto come una ginecologa delle tonsille.
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    • 2015, Antonio Romano, Mentir da gentildonne, self-published, →ISBN:
      Con inaspettate grazia, il professore dirigeva la danza con un ragazzo bellissimo. Darà lezioni pensò la quattrocchi.
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  2. (ornithology, masculine only) a goldeneye, especially the common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
    quattrocchi d'IslandaBarrow's goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
    quattrocchi minorebufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
    • 1995, Giovanni Caniato, Eugenio Turri, Michele Zanetti, La laguna di Venezia, Unesco, page 121:
      Tra gli anatidi figurano il quattrocchi (Bucephala clangula), svernante in laguna in branchi di modesta entità, (...)
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References

  1. ^ quattrocchi in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication