muccu

Sicilian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin muccus, from Latin mūcus. Compare Neapolitan mucco and Italian moccolo.

Noun

muccu m (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of morvu: snot

References
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “muccu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2577
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “'muccu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 209
  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 169: “il moccio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
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