ciccia
See also: Ciccia
Italian
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editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin or Late Latin īsicia, plural of īsicium (“minced meat”), from īnsicium < Latin īnsecō (“cut up”). Compare Spanish chicha.[1]
Alternatively, from a syncope of carniccia.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editciccia f (plural cicce)
- (childish, uncountable) meat, fat (on a person), flab
- (term of endearment) cutie, sweetie, babe, darling
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editReferences
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “ciccia”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
- ciccia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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