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ticchio
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Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic. Perhaps influenced by French tic.
Noun
ticchio m (plural ticchi)
- (chiefly veterinary medicine) tic, twitch
- whim
- Synonyms: capriccio, ghiribizzo
- 1957, Indro Montanelli, “Capitolo primo: Ab urbe condita”, in Storia di Roma [History of Rome], 46th edition, Milan, published 1973, page 12:
- E così un giorno Amulio scacciò il fratello per regnare da solo, e gli uccise tutti i figli, meno una: Rea Silvia. Ma, perché non mettesse al mondo qualche figliolo, cui potesse, da grande, saltare il ticchio di vendicare il nonno, la obbligò a diventare sacerdotessa della dea Vesta, vale a dire monaca.
- And so, one day Amulius banished his own brother in order to reign alone, and killed all of his children except one: Rhea Silvia. But, in order for her not to beget any children who might – when old enough – develop the whim of avenging their grandfather, he forced her to become a priestess of the goddess Vesta; that is, a nun.
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Etymology 2
Noun
ticchio m (plural ticchi)
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