scamorza
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
scamorza (uncountable)
- An unfermented cow's-milk cheese from southern Italy.
Translations[edit]
Italian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- scamozza (uncommon)
Etymology[edit]
Back-formation from scamozzare[1] or from cappa mozza (“cut head”).[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
scamorza f (plural scamorze)
- scamorza (southern Italian unfermented cheese)
- Synonym: provola (regional)
- (figuratively, regional) incompetent person, fool
Further reading[edit]
scamorza on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
References[edit]
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