mecco

mecco

See also: meččo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin moechus, from Ancient Greek μοιχός (moikhós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛk.ko/
• Rhymes: -ɛkko
• Hyphenation: mèc‧co

Noun

mecco m (plural mecchi) (obsolete, rare)

1. adulterer

   Synonym: adultero

   • 1478, Luigi Pulci, “Canto decimoquarto [Fourteenth Canto]”, in Morgante‎, Felice Le Monnier, published 1855, page 283:

     Non pensi tu che in ciel sia più giustizia,
     malfusso, ladro, strupatore e mecco,
     fornicator, uom pien d’ogni malizia,
     ruffian, briccone, e sacrilego e becco?

     You don't think there's any more justice in heaven, do you, you wretch, thief, rapist and adulterer, fornicator, man full of malice, pander, scoundrel, sacrileger and cuckold?

Further reading

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