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Pun·chi·nel·lo (p

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n. 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.

[Variant of Polichinello, from Italian dialectal Pollecinella, diminutive of pollecena, turkey pullet (from the resemblance between its beak and Punchinello's nose), ultimately from Latin pullus, young chicken; see pullet.]

Punchinello [ˌpʌntʃɪˈnɛləʊ]

n pl -los, -loes

1. (Performing Arts / Theatre) a type of clown from Italian burlesque or puppet shows, the prototype of Punch

2. (sometimes not capital) any grotesque or absurd character

[from earlier Polichinello, from Italian (Neapolitan dialect) Polecenella, from Italian pulcino chicken, ultimately from Latin pullus young animal]

Translations

Punchinello

n → Pulcinella f; (= clown) → Hanswurst m

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