petulco

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin petulcus, derived from petō (“to attack”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /peˈtul.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ulko
  • Hyphenation: pe‧tùl‧co

Adjective

petulco (feminine petulca, masculine plural petulchi or petulci, feminine plural petulche) (literary)

  1. butting with the horns
  2. (by extension) aggressive (said of goats and kids)

Further reading
  • petulco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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