frocio
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Probably from frocia (“nostril”).
Noun edit
frocio m (plural froci) (derogatory, Rome, dated)
- a German
- Synonym: crucco
- 1909, Cesare Pascarella, “La musica nostra”, in Sonetti:
- Be’, che dice? Che l’opera italiana / È la più mejo musica der monno. / E tu che soni appena la campana, / Me venghi a di’ che er frocio sia profonno?
- Well, what does she say? That Italian opera is the best music of the world. And you who barely play the bell come telling me that the German is deep?
Etymology 2 edit
Uncertain.[1] By some believe to be same as above, with a semantical shift. Alternatively from Venetian fenocio (“(slang) gay”) with rhoticisation of the /-n-/ by influence of the above term.
Adjective edit
frocio (feminine frocia, masculine plural froci, feminine plural frocie) (derogatory, originally Rome)
Noun edit
frocio m (plural froci) (derogatory, originally Rome)
- (vulgar, derogatory) gay man, poof, faggot
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:finocchio