mammalucco

Italian

Etymology

From French mamelouk, ultimately from Arabic مَمْلُوك‎ (mamlūk, “slave”) (literally "possessed"), passive participle of مَلَكَ‎ (malaka, “to possess, to acquire”).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ukko

Noun

mammalucco m (plural mammalucchi)

  1. mameluke
  2. fool
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