monco

See also: mönco

Italian

Etymology

Perhaps a blend of manco +‎ tronco. Compare Sicilian mugnu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmon.ko/
• Rhymes: -onko
• Hyphenation: món‧co

Adjective

monco (feminine monca, masculine plural monchi, feminine plural monche)

1. maimed, mutilated

   Synonym: mutilato

2. (uncommon) crippled

   Synonym: storpio

3. (figurative) incomplete

   Synonyms: mozzo, smozzicato, tronco

4. wrong, incorrect

   Synonyms: manchevole, errato

   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIII”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 28–30; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Però disse ’l maestro: “Se tu tronchi / qualche fraschetta d’una d’este piante, / li pensier c’hai si faran tutti monchi”.

     Therefore the master said: "If thou break off some little spray from any of these trees, the thoughts thou hast will wholly be made vain." ⁠

Derived terms

• moncherino
• monchezza
• monchino
• moncone

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin muccus, a variant of mūcus, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”). Doublet of muco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.ku/

• Hyphenation: mon‧co

Noun

monco m (plural moncos)

1. nasal mucus; booger