mecco
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See also: meččo
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin moechus, from Ancient Greek μοιχός (moikhós).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mecco m (plural mecchi) (obsolete, rare)
- adulterer
- Synonym: adultero
- 1478, Luigi Pulci, “Canto decimoquarto [Fourteenth Canto]”, in Morgante[1], Felice Le Monnier, published 1855, page 283:
- Non pensi tu che in ciel sia più giustizia,
malfusso, ladro, strupatore e mecco,
fornicator, uom pien d’ogni malizia,
ruffian, briccone, e sacrilego e becco?- You don't think there's any more justice in heaven, do you, you wretch, thief, rapist and adulterer, fornicator, man full of malice, pander, scoundrel, sacrileger and cuckold?
Further reading
[edit]- mecco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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