puzzo

• IPA^(key): /ˈput.t͡so/
• Rhymes: -uttso
• Stress: pùzzo
• Hyphenation: puz‧zo

From Vulgar Latin *pūtium, derived from Latin pūteō.

• puzza (literary or regional) f

puzzo m (plural puzzi)

1. (bad) smell, stink, stench

   Synonyms: fetore, leppo (literary), lezzo, mefite (literary), nidore (obsolete), olezzo, putore (literary, obsolete), puzza, puzzore (obsolete), tanfo

   Antonyms: aroma, effluvio, fragranza, olezzo (literary), profumo

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto IX, lines 28–33, page 135–136:

     Quell’è ’l più basso loco e ’l più oscuro, ¶ e ’l più lontan dal ciel che tutto gira: ¶ ben so ’l cammin: però ti fa sicuro. ¶ Questa palude che ’l gran puzzo spira ¶ cigne dintorno la città dolente, ¶ u’ non potemo intrare omai sanz’ira

     That is the lowest region and the darkest, and farthest from the heaven which circles all. Well know I the way; therefore be reassured. This fen, which a prodigious stench exhales, encompasses about the city dolent, where now we cannot enter without anger.

2. (figuratively) hint, suspicion, inkling

   Synonyms: indizio, sentore

   Sento puzzo d'imbroglio in tutta questa faccenda. ― This whole affair stinks of fraud. (literally, “I smell stink of fraud in this whole affair.”)

3. (figuratively, rare) An annoyingly excessive fuss (about something).

   Quanto puzzo per nulla! ― All this fuss about nothing! (literally, “How much fuss for nothing!”)

See the etymology of the main entry.

(io) puzzo

1. first-person singular present indicative of puzzare

• puzzo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana