pizzica

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizzica.

Noun

pizzica

1. (dance) A popular traditional dance of Italy, originating on the Salento peninsula.
   • 2007 January 19, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     With strings, accordion, flute and lots of tambourine, it pays particular attention to the pizzica, a galloping six-beat dance related to the tarantella and long used as a faith-healing cure for spider bites.

See also

• pizzicata

Further reading

• pizzica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Capizzi

Italian

Etymology 1

Noun

pizzica f (plural pizziche)

1. (dance) pizzica

Descendants

• → English: pizzica

See also

• tarantella
• tarantismo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pizzica

1. inflection of pizzicare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• pizzica on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• Capizzi