aboz·zo noun alsoab·boz·zo\əˈbȯt(ˌ)sō\ (pluralaboz·zi \-(ˌ)sē\) Etymology: Italian abbozzo, from abbozzare to make a rough sketch or draft, from a- (from Latin ad-) + bozzare to make a rough sketch or draft, from bozza boss, swelling, roughhewn stone, rough sketch or draft — more at boss : a rough sketch or draft (as of a picture or a poem)