punchinello

(pun′c̸hə nelō)

noun

  1. a prototype of Punch
  2. pl. punchinellos a buffoon; clown

Origin: see Punch

See punchinello in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Pun·chi·nel·los or Pun·chi·nel·loes
  1. The short fat buffoon or clown in an Italian puppet show.
  2. One who resembles a short fat clown.

Origin:

Origin: Variant of Polichinello

Origin: , from Italian dialectal Pollecinella

Origin: , diminutive of pollecena, turkey pullet (from the resemblance between its beak and Punchinello's nose)

Origin: , ultimately from Latin pullus, young chicken; see pullet

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