petulco

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin petulcus, derived from petō (“to attack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈtul.ko/
• Rhymes: -ulko
• Hyphenation: pe‧tùl‧co

Adjective

petulco (feminine petulca, masculine plural petulchi or petulci, feminine plural petulche) (literary)

1. butting with the horns
2. (by extension) aggressive (said of goats and kids)

Further reading

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