batocio
Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Venetian batocio, due to it being used by Harlequin, a Venetian mask, who also presumably has “Batocio” as his last name, by the famous introductory phrase Mi son Arlechin Batocio, orbo de recia e sordo de ocio (“My name is Arlechin Batocio, blind in the ear and deaf in the eye”). Doublet of batacchio.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbatocio m (plural batoci)