puzzo
See also: puzzò
Italian
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -uttso
- Hyphenation: pùz‧zo
Etymology 1
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(deprecated template usage) From Vulgar Latin *pūtium, derived from Latin pūteō.
Alternative forms
- puzza (literary or regional) f
Noun
puzzo m (plural puzzi)
- (bad) smell, stink, stench
- Synonyms: fetore, (literary) leppo, lezzo, (literary) mefite, (obsolete) nidore, olezzo, (literary, obsolete) putore, puzza, (obsolete) puzzore, tanfo
- Antonyms: aroma, effluvio, fragranza, (literary) olezzo, profumo
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto IX, pages 135–136, lines 28–33:
- Quell’è ’l più basso loco e ’l più oscuro, ¶ e ’l più lontan dal ciel che tutto gira: ¶ ben so ’l cammin: però ti fa sicuro. ¶ Questa palude che ’l gran puzzo spira ¶ cigne dintorno la città dolente, ¶ u’ non potemo intrare omai sanz’ira
- That is the lowest region and the darkest, and farthest from the heaven which circles all. Well know I the way; therefore be reassured. This fen, which a prodigious stench exhales, encompasses about the city dolent, where now we cannot enter without anger.
- (figurative) hint, suspicion, inkling
- (figurative, rare) An annoyingly excessive fuss (about something).
- Quanto puzzo per nulla! ― All this fuss about nothing! (literally, “How much fuss for nothing!”)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
puzzo
References
- puzzo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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- Rhymes:Italian/uttso
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