fassulito

Istriot

Etymology

Diminutive derived from Vulgar Latin *faciolum, from Latin facies (face). Compare Italian fazzoletto, Venetian fasołeto, Friulian façolet, Romansch fazielet, fazalet, Sicilian fazzulettu.

Noun

fassulito

  1. handkerchief
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:
      Ch’in tu’l su’ fassulito el me metasse.
      That into his handkerchief he would put me.
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