bazzoffia

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from an earlier battisoffia, battisoffiola (“heart palpitation, fear, confusion”) or from Lombardic bisauffiar (“to swallow”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /badˈd͡zɔf.fja/
  • Rhymes: -ɔffja
  • Hyphenation: baz‧zòf‧fia

Noun

bazzoffia f (plural bazzoffie) (chiefly Tuscan)

  1. abundant, coarse or thick viand or soup
  2. (figurative) lengthy, boring and messy thing
  3. (figurative) messy group of things

Descendants
  • → Spanish: bazofia

References
  • bazzoffia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • bazzoffia in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • Accademia della Crusca (p. 1961), “bazzoffia”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana (in Italian), volume 2, page 130
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