gibetto

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French gibet, probably from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈbet.to/
• Rhymes: -etto
• Hyphenation: gi‧bét‧to

Noun

gibetto m (plural gibetti)

1. (obsolete) gallows, gibbet

   Synonyms: forca, patibolo

   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIII”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], line 151; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     « […] Io fei gibetto a me delle mie case.»

     “ […] Of my own house I made myself a gibbet.”

Anagrams

• bigotte