griccio
Italian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editPerhaps alteration of riccio (“curled”).
Adjective
editgriccio (feminine griccia, masculine plural gricci, feminine plural gricce)
- (archaic) curled, wrinkled
- Synonyms: arricciolato, increspato
- (Tuscany) stingy (unwilling to spend)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editgriccio m (plural gricci)
- (archaic) whim, caprice
- Synonyms: capriccio, ghiribizzo, (archaic or literary) gricciolo
- (Tuscany) joke
- Synonym: scherzo
- (regional) shiver
- (regional, in the plural) tickling