batocio

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetian batocio, due to it being used by Harlequin, a Venetian mask, who also presumably has “Batocio” as his last name, by the famous introductory phrase Mi son Arlechin Batocio, orbo de recia e sordo de ocio (“My name is Arlechin Batocio, blind in the ear and deaf in the eye”). Doublet of batacchio.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baˈtɔ.t͡ʃo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtʃo
  • Hyphenation: ba‧tò‧cio

Noun

batocio m (plural batoci)

  1. (theater) the stick of a zanni in the commedia dell'arte, most notably of Harlequin and Brighella; behind the scenes it works as a slapstick
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