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scamorza

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English

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Etymology

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From Italian scamorza.

Noun

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scamorza (uncountable)

  1. An unfermented cow's-milk cheese from southern Italy.

Translations

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Variant of scamozza, deverbal from scamozzare[1] or from cappa mozza (cut head).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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scamorza f (plural scamorze)

  1. scamorza (southern Italian unfermented cheese)
    Synonym: (regional) provola
  2. (figurative, regional) incompetent person, fool

References

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  1. ^ scamorza in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. ^ “SCAMORZA di vacca e di bufala”, in Regione Campania[1], (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 20150716
  3. ^ scamorza in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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