pazzo

Italian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps a Lombardic or Carolingian era borrowing from Old High German barrezzen (“to hate”) or maybe from French page (“page, serving boy”), probably via Neapolitan pazzo (compare French adage “être effronté comme un page”). Alternatively from Latin patiēns (“suffering”).^[1] Compare Sicilian pacciu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpat.t͡so/
• Rhymes: -attso
• Hyphenation: pàz‧zo

Adjective

pazzo (feminine pazza, masculine plural pazzi, feminine plural pazze)

1. crazy, insane, mad

   Synonym: matto

Derived terms

• acqua pazza
• impazzire
• pazzamente
• pazzesco (“crazy”, adjective)
• pazzia (“madness”)

Noun

pazzo m (plural pazzi, feminine pazza)

1. madman

   Synonym: matto

   • 1973, “Alice”, in Alice non lo sa, performed by Francesco De Gregori:

     "Ma io non ci sto più e i pazzi siete voi" / Tutti pensarono dietro ai cappelli

     "But I am not here anymore and you are the madmen" / Everyone thought behind the hats

References

1. pazzo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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