pizzica
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian pizzica.
Noun
editpizzica
- (dance) A popular traditional dance of Italy, originating on the Salento peninsula.
- 2007 January 19, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times[1]:
- With strings, accordion, flute and lots of tambourine, it pays particular attention to the pizzica, a galloping six-beat dance related to the tarantella and long used as a faith-healing cure for spider bites.
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editItalian
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editpizzica f (plural pizziche)
Descendants
edit- → English: pizzica
See also
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editpizzica
- inflection of pizzicare:
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edit- pizzica on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
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