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
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