collotorto

Italian

Alternative forms

• collo torto (less common)

Etymology

From collo (“neck”) +‎ torto (“bent, twisted, crooked”), in sense 1 associating religious people to excessively bowing and looking downwards. Compare Catalan colltort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔl.loˈtɔr.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔrto
• Hyphenation: col‧lo‧tòr‧to

Noun

collotorto m (plural collitorti)

1. (derogatory) a religious hypocrite, a bigot

   Synonyms: bacchettone m, bacchettona f, baciapile m or f, bigotto m, bigotta f

2. a wryneck (bird of genus Jynx)

   Synonyms: torcicollo m, verticollo m