mordacchia
Italian
Etymology
From a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin root *mordacia (< (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin mordax), probably altered to a form *mordacula from influence from tenacula. Compare French mordache, Portuguese mordaça, Spanish mordaza.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -akkja
Noun
mordacchia f (plural mordacchie)