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Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Diminutive of Old Italian scriccio, from Lombardic *skrīko; cf. Swedish skrika (“jay”), English shrike.
Pronunciation
Noun
scricciolo m (plural scriccioli)
- wren, the Eurasian wren
- (informal) shrimp (small person)
- Synonyms: mingherlino, stecchino
Further reading
- scricciolo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- scricciolo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- scricciolo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- scricciolo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- scricciolo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- scricciolo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana