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punchinello

punchinello


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Punchinello  \Pun`chi*nel"lo\,  n.  [It.  pulcinella  probably 
  originally  a  word  of  endearment,  dim.  of  pulcina  pulcino,  a 
  chicken,  from  L.  pullicenus  pullus.  See  {Pullet}.] 
  A  punch;  a  buffoon;  originally,  in  a  puppet  show  a  character 
  represented  as  fat,  short,  and  humpbacked.  --Spectator.