mazzafrusto

Italian
FWOTD – 6 March 2022
Un mazzafrusto.

Etymology

From mazza (“club, mace”) +‎ frusto (“whip”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌmat.t͡saˈfru.sto/[1]
  • Rhymes: -usto
  • Hyphenation: maz‧za‧frù‧sto

Noun

mazzafrusto m (plural mazzafrusti)

  1. (weaponry) flail, chain mace
    • 1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 30”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 11; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:
      Orlando urta il cavallo e batte e stringe,
      e con un mazzafrusto all’acqua spinge.
      Orlando spurs and prods and impels the horse, and drives it towards the water with a flail.

See also

References
  1. mazzafrusto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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