pappafico
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb-object compound, composed of pappa (“to gobble up”) + fico (“fig”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pappafico m (plural pappafichi)
- (Veneto) Synonym of rigogolo (“golden oriole”)
- (archaic) a kind of hood
- (nautical) Synonym of velaccino
- (chiefly Rome) goatee
- Synonym: pizzo
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- pappafico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana