PUNCHINELLO

Etymology

Noun

punchinello (plural punchinellos)

A small brown butterfly, Zemeros flegyas, family Riodinidae, of Asia.

Etymology

Proper noun

Punchinello (plural Punchinellos or Punchinelloes)

A traditional Italian puppet, in the form of a short fat clown.

(by extension) Somebody who resembles this character; a grotesque buffoon.

Source: Wiktionary


Pun`chi*nel"lo, n. Etym: [It. pulcinella, probably originally a word of endearment, dim. of pulcina, pulcino, a chicken, from L. pullicenus, pullus. See Pullet.]

Definition: A punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show, a character represented as fat, short, and humpbacked. Spectator.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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