petulco
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin petulcus, derived from petō (“to attack”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
petulco (feminine petulca, masculine plural petulchi or petulci, feminine plural petulche) (literary)
- butting with the horns
- (by extension) aggressive (said of goats and kids)
Further reading edit
- petulco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana