petulco
Italian
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin petulcus, derived from petō (“to attack”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editpetulco (feminine petulca, masculine plural petulchi or petulci, feminine plural petulche) (literary)
- butting with the horns
- (by extension) aggressive (said of goats and kids)
Further reading
edit- petulco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana