loccu

Sicilian

Etymology

Possibly of Arabic origin. See Spanish loco, Portuguese louco.

Adjective

loccu (feminine singular locca, masculine and feminine plural locci)

  1. stupid

Noun

loccu m

  1. idiot

References
  • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “loccu”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 497
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “loccu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 52
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “loccu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2286
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