pizzica
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian pizzica.
Noun
pizzica
- (dance) A popular traditional dance of Italy, originating on the Salento peninsula.
- 2007, January 19, “The New York Times”, in Pop and Rock Listings:
- With strings, accordion, flute and lots of tambourine, it pays particular attention to the pizzica, a galloping six-beat dance related to the tarantella and long used as a faith-healing cure for spider bites.
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See also
- pizzicata
Further reading
pizzica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Capizzi
Italian
Noun
pizzica f (plural pizziche)
- (dance) pizzica
Descendants
- → English: pizzica
See also
- tarantella
- tarantismo
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pizzica
- inflection of pizzicare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- pizzica on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Anagrams
- Capizzi