porchereccio

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin porcāricius. By surface analysis, porco + -ereccio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /por.keˈret.t͡ʃo/
  • Rhymes: -ettʃo
  • Hyphenation: por‧che‧réc‧cio

Adjective

porchereccio (feminine porchereccia, masculine plural porcherecci, feminine plural porcherecce)

  1. related to swine, especially pork or boar
    • 1622, Alessandro Tassoni, La secchia rapita [The Stolen Bucket], Gregorio Chiari, published 1824, Canto III, page 49, lines 452–453:
      [] e la Rosella, ¶ con archi e spiedi porcherecci in mano
      and Rosella ¶ with bows and pork spits in her hands

Noun

porchereccio m (plural porcherecci)

  1. an equivocal, immoral, or dishonest situation
    • 1854, Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi, Beatrice Cenci, Pisa, Chapter, pages 203–204:
      Forse era meglio non entrare in questo porchereccio e rifiutare addirittura il danaro.
      It might have been best to not get involved in this mess, and even to refuse the money.

Further reading

  • porchereccio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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