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单词 mazzafrusto
释义

mazzafrusto

Italian

FWOTD – 6 March 2022
Un mazzafrusto.

Etymology

From mazza (club, mace) + frusto (whip).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmat.t͡saˈfru.sto/[1]
  • Rhymes: -usto
  • Hyphenation: maz‧za‧frù‧sto

Noun

mazzafrusto m (plural mazzafrusti)

  1. (weaponry) flail, chain mace
    • early 16th century, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 30”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 11:
      Orlando urta il cavallo e batte e stringe, ¶ e con un mazzafrusto all’acqua spinge.
      Orlando spurs and prods and impels the horse ¶ and with a flail drives it to the water.

See also

  • mazza chiodata
  • mazza ferrata

References

  1. mazzafrusto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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