rosicone
Italian
Etymology
From rosicare (“to envy”) + -one. First attested in 1907.
Noun
rosicone m (plural rosiconi)
- (Rome, central Italy, colloquial) one who becomes too jealous at the successes of others; sore loser
Further reading
- rosicone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana