pappafico
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb-object compound, composed of pappa (“to gobble up”) + fico (“fig”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pappafico m (plural pappafichi)
- (Veneto) Synonym of rigogolo (“golden oriole”)
- (archaic) a kind of hood
- (nautical) Synonym of velaccino
- (chiefly Rome) goatee
- Synonym: pizzo
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- pappafico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana