monco

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Italian

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Etymology

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Perhaps a blend of manco +‎ tronco.[1] Compare Sicilian mugnu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmon.ko/
  • Rhymes: -onko
  • Hyphenation: món‧co

Adjective

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monco (feminine monca, masculine plural monchi, feminine plural monche)

  1. maimed, mutilated
    Synonym: mutilato
  2. (uncommon) crippled
    Synonym: storpio
  3. (figurative) incomplete
    Synonyms: mozzo, smozzicato, tronco
  4. wrong, incorrect
    Synonyms: manchevole, errato
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIII”, in Inferno [Hell]‎[1], lines 28–30; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Però disse ’l maestro: “Se tu tronchi / qualche fraschetta d’una d’este piante, / li pensier c’hai si faran tutti monchi”.
      Therefore the master said: "If thou break off some little spray from any of these trees, the thoughts thou hast will wholly be made vain." ⁠

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ mónco in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore

Further reading

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  • monco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin muccus, a variant of mūcus, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (slimy, slippery). Doublet of muco.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: mon‧co

Noun

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monco m (plural moncos)

  1. nasal mucus; booger