ricchione

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from Spanish maricón and dialectal recchia, from orecchia.[1]Many different theories exists.[2]

Noun

ricchione m (plural ricchioni)

  1. (vulgar, derogatory, regional) queer, fag, faggot
    Synonyms: finocchio, frocio

References
  1. ricchione in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  2. Giovanni Dall'Orto ((Can we date this quote?)) “RECCHIONE o RICCHIONE”, in Storia di undici termini relativi all'omosessualità‎ (in Italian)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.