batocio
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Venetian batocio, due to it being used by Harlequin, a Venetian mask, who also presumably has “Batocio” as his last name, by the famous introductory phrase Mi son Arlechin Batocio, orbo de recia e sordo de ocio (“My name is Arlechin Batocio, blind in the ear and deaf in the eye”). Doublet of batacchio.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]batocio m (plural batoci)