bazzoffia

Italian

Alternative forms

• basoffia (archaic)

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from an earlier battisoffia, battisoffiola (“heart palpitation, fear, confusion”) or from Lombardic bisauffiar (“to swallow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /badˈd͡zɔf.fja/
• Rhymes: -ɔffja
• Hyphenation: baz‧zòf‧fia

Noun

bazzoffia f (plural bazzoffie) (chiefly Tuscan)

1. abundant, coarse or thick viand or soup
2. (figurative) lengthy, boring and messy thing
3. (figurative) messy group of things

Descendants

• → Spanish: bazofia

References

• bazzoffia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• bazzoffia in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• Accademia della Crusca (p. 1961), “bazzoffia”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana (in Italian), volume 2, page 130