English

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Etymology

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Shortened alteration of lesbian, +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lezzo (plural lezzos)

  1. (Australia, slang) A lesbian.
    • 1984, Barry Dickins, The Crookes of Epping, Pascoe Publishing, →ISBN, page 26,
      She was also a lezzo.
    • 1986, Angelo Loukakis, Vernacular Dreams, University of Queensland, →ISBN, page 136,
      There is too many hippies and lezzos riding around on bikes these days already.
    • a1997, from The Picture, quoted in Jill Julius Matthews, Sex in Public: Australian Sexual Cultures, Allen & Unwin (1997), →ISBN, page 4,
      Wot's going down? Hot lezzo love-ins, that's wot . . . The Bisexual revolution has begun. "Lesbian chic" is born—and I can't tell you what GOOD NEWS this is for us.
    • 2006, Craig Price, Birth of the Ecowarriors, Lulu Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 68,
      "Piss off Greek girl," he bluffed. "Go find your lezzo friend."

References

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  • Sue Butler and Denise Angelo, Australian Phrasebook, Lonely Planet (1998), →ISBN, page 37.

Italian

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Etymology

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From Italian lezzare, apheresis of Italian olezzare (to stink), from Vulgar Latin *olidiāre, derived from Latin olidus (emitting a smell).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlet.t͡so/, (traditional) /ˈled.d͡zo/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ettso, (traditional) -eddzo
  • Hyphenation: léz‧zo

Noun

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lezzo m (plural lezzi)

  1. stink, stench

References

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  1. ^ lezzo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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  • lezzo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • lezzo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa