nocino

English

Etymology

Italian

Noun

nocino (uncountable)

1. A sticky Italian liqueur made from unripe green walnuts steeped in spirit.
   • 2007 November 22, Joyce Wadler, “The Journey Home: Making a New Life in the Old Country”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Ask Ms. Paolantonio's cousin Giuseppina Paolantonio, who appears to be in her late 70s, how to make nocino, the walnut liqueur that is popular here, and the recipe begins: On June 24th, pick the walnuts.

Italian

una bottiglia di nocino – a bottle of nocino

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noˈt͡ʃi.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: no‧cì‧no

Etymology 1

From noce (“walnut”) +‎ -ino.

Noun

nocino m (plural nocini)

1. a childish game in which walnuts are thrown against a pyramid of four other walnuts
2. nocino (walnut liqueur)

   Hypernym: liquore

Etymology 2

From noce (“walnut tree”) +‎ -ino.

Noun

nocino m (plural nocini)

1. diminutive of noce: a small walnut tree
2. (uncountable) Only used in nocino d'America

Further reading

• nocino¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• nocino² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• conino, oncino