bambo
Italian
Etymology
From a root *bamb- of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbam.bo/, [ˈbämbo̞]
- Rhymes: -ambo
- Stress: bàmbo
- Hyphenation: bam‧bo
Adjective
bambo (feminine singular bamba, masculine plural bambi, feminine plural bambe)
- (obsolete) naive, foolish
- 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata quarta, Novella II [Fourth Day, Second Story]”, in Decamerone [Decameron], Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 115:
- Hora advenne che una giovane donna bamba & sciocca, che chiamata fu Madonna Liſetta […] s’andò con altre donne a confeſſar da queſto ſanto frate.
- Now, it fortuned that a foolish and naive young woman, named Madam Lisetta went, in company of other gentlewomen, to be confessed by this holy friar.
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