collotorto

Italian

Alternative forms
  • collo torto (less common)

Etymology

From collo (“neck”) +‎ torto (“bent, twisted, crooked”), in sense 1 associating religious people to excessively bowing and looking downwards. Compare Catalan colltort.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌkɔl.loˈtɔr.to/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔrto
  • Hyphenation: col‧lo‧tòr‧to

Noun

collotorto m (plural collitorti)

  1. (derogatory) a religious hypocrite, a bigot
    Synonyms: bacchettone m, bacchettona f, baciapile m or f, bigotto m, bigotta f
  2. a wryneck (bird of genus Jynx)
    Synonyms: torcicollo m, verticollo m

References
  1. collotorto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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