Zucchetto Definition

zo͝o-kĕtō, tso͝ok-kĕttō
zucchetto, zucchettos
noun
A skullcap worn by Roman Catholic prelates: an abbot's is black, a bishop's purple, a cardinal's red, and the Pope's white.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Zucchetto

Noun

Singular:
zucchetto
Plural:
zucchettos

Origin of Zucchetto

  • Italian zucchetto, ultimately variant diminutive of zucca (“gourd, squash"), as in zucchini.

    From Wiktionary

  • Italian variant of zucchetta diminutive of zucca gourd, head zucchini

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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