scamorza
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
scamorza (uncountable)
- An unfermented cow's-milk cheese from southern Italy.
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Etymology edit
Variant of scamozza, deverbal from scamozzare[1] or from cappa mozza (“cut head”).[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
scamorza f (plural scamorze)
- scamorza (southern Italian unfermented cheese)
- Synonym: (regional) provola
- (figurative, regional) incompetent person, fool
References edit
- ^ scamorza in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ “SCAMORZA di vacca e di bufala”, in Regione Campania[1], (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 20150716
- ^ scamorza in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading edit
- scamorza on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it