lazzariare
Neapolitan edit
Alternative forms edit
- lazzarejare
- lazzarià, lazzarejà (alt. spellings)
Etymology edit
From lazzaro (“plebeian, boor”) + -iare (verb-forming suffix).
For sense 2, compare the synonymous fà uno comm'a nu Santo Lazzaro.
Verb edit
lazzariare
- to act or speak like a reprobate
- to cover with cuts and bruises (as Saint Lazarus is commonly depicted)
References edit
- Riccio, Giovanna (2005) Ispanismi nel dialetto napoletano, Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 123[1]
- Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “lazzariare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano