moccu

Sicilian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin mūcus. See also muccu and mòccaru. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

moccu m (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of morvu: snot

References
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “mòccaru, moccu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2542
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “moccu, o moccaru”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 185
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