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单词 Punchinello
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Definition of Punchinello in English:

Punchinello

nounPlural Punchinellos ˌpʌn(t)ʃɪˈnɛləʊˌpən(t)SHəˈnelō
  • 1

    another name for punch (sense 1 of the noun)
    Example sentencesExamples
    • One or two illustrated comic papers had already appeared in London, notably Gilbert Abbott à Beckett's Figaro in London and Punchinello, illustrated by Cruikshank.
    • In the 1790s he produced a sequence of frescoes of Punchinellos, remarkable for their joie de vivre and sense of theatre He was also a successful etcher.
    • Pulcinella, often called Punch or Punchinello in English, Polichinelle in French, is a classical character that originated in the Commedia dell'arte of the 17th century and became a stock character in Neapolitan puppetry.
    • Highlight of Christie's drawings sale on the 6 July is one of Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo's glorious pen, ink and wash drawings from the life of Punchinello series.
    1. 1.1archaic A short, stout, comical-looking person.

Origin

Mid 17th century: alteration of Neapolitan dialect Polecenella, perhaps a diminutive of pollecena 'young turkey cock with a hooked beak', from pulcino 'chicken', from Latin pullus.

Rhymes

Bargello, bellow, bordello, cello, Donatello, fellow, jello, martello, mellow, morello, niello, Novello, Pirandello, Portobello, Uccello, violoncello, yellow
 
 

Definition of Punchinello in US English:

Punchinello

nounˌpən(t)SHəˈnelō
  • 1

    another name for punch
    Example sentencesExamples
    • One or two illustrated comic papers had already appeared in London, notably Gilbert Abbott à Beckett's Figaro in London and Punchinello, illustrated by Cruikshank.
    • In the 1790s he produced a sequence of frescoes of Punchinellos, remarkable for their joie de vivre and sense of theatre He was also a successful etcher.
    • Highlight of Christie's drawings sale on the 6 July is one of Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo's glorious pen, ink and wash drawings from the life of Punchinello series.
    • Pulcinella, often called Punch or Punchinello in English, Polichinelle in French, is a classical character that originated in the Commedia dell'arte of the 17th century and became a stock character in Neapolitan puppetry.
    1. 1.1archaic A short, stout, comical-looking person.

Origin

Mid 17th century: alteration of Neapolitan dialect Polecenella, perhaps a diminutive of pollecena ‘young turkey cock with a hooked beak’, from pulcino ‘chicken’, from Latin pullus.

 
 
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