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Finocchio

//fɪˈnɒkɪəʊ// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Italian.
Noun
  1. 1
    A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum).

    "Finocchios are shoots of the fennel, an odoriferous plant of the Umbelliferae family."

  2. 2
    aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads wordnet
  3. 3
    A gay man. derogatory, slang

    "On many, a cold freezing night, of temperatures hovering near zero, the finocchios tease and try to encourage Tedesco to join in their warm body orgies."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian finocchio (“fennel; (derogatory) male homosexual”). Doublet of fennel and finook.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Finocchio.

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