rosicone

Italian

Etymology

From rosicare (“to envy”) +‎ -one. First attested in 1907.

Noun

rosicone m (plural rosiconi)

1. (Rome, central Italy, colloquial) one who becomes too jealous at the successes of others; sore loser

Further reading

• rosicone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana