peracottaro

Italian

Alternative forms

• peracottaio

Etymology

From pera cotta (“cooked pear”) +‎ -aro.

Noun

peracottaro m (plural peracottari, feminine peracottara)

1. (regional, dated) a person who sold cooked pears (at local fairs)
2. (Rome, figurative) an incompetent person; a good-for-nothing; an ignorant, rough person; a lout, boor

   Synonym: zoticone

   fare una figura da peracottaro ― to give the impression of being boorish or incompetent

Further reading

• peracottaro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• peracottaro in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication