mazza
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
mazza (countable and uncountable, plural mazzas)
- (MLE) Madness; something that is mad; a crazy situation.
- 2018, AM Skengdo (lyrics and music), “Diligent Members” (track 4), in Greener on the Other Side, performed by Skengdo x AM:
- Must have thought I was one of the paigons / Left a trace and my yard got raided / It's a mazza / He was talking tough 'till I chased man down with a ladder
References[edit]
- Jonathon Green (2023), “mazza n.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
Etymology 2[edit]
See meze.
Noun[edit]
mazza
- Alternative form of meze.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *mattea (compare French masse, Spanish maza, Portuguese maça), probably vulgarly formed from Latin mateola (“hoe”). Cf. also Latin matia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mazza f (plural mazze)
- baton
- club (weapon)
- mace (ceremonial weapon)
- (sports) bat
- sledgehammer
- maul
- mallet
- (vulgar) penis
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cazzo
- priest (tool for killing fishes)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- mazza in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- mazza in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
Maltese[edit]
Root |
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m-z-z |
2 terms |
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian mazza and/or Sicilian mazza, from Vulgar Latin *mattea.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mazza f (plural mazez)
Sicilian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *mattea, probably vulgarly formed from Latin mateola.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mazza f (plural mazzi)
See also[edit]
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