cuticagna

Italian

Etymology

From cotica (“pork rind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.tiˈkaɲ.ɲa/
• Rhymes: -aɲɲa
• Hyphenation: cu‧ti‧cà‧gna

Noun

cuticagna f (plural cuticagne)

1. (archaic) nape, scruff (of the neck)
   • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXXII, p. 478, vv. 97-98:

     Allor lo presi per la cuticagna ¶ e dissi: «El converrà che tu ti nomi, ¶ o che capel qui sù non ti rimagna».

     Then by the scalp behind I seized upon him and said: «It must needs be thou name thyself, or not a hair remain upon thee here».

   1. (by extension) head

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