-uccio

== Italian == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin -uc(c)ulus, -(uc)cula, from -(uc)culum, from the Latin diminutive suffix -culus (feminine -cula, neuter -culum). Compare also Sicilian -uzzu, Romanian -uț. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈut.t͡ʃo/ Rhymes: -uttʃo Hyphenation: -ùc‧cio === Suffix === -uccio m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ucci, feminine -uccia, feminine plural -ucce) used to form diminutive melioratives Synonyms: -ino, -cino; -ello, -cello; -etto; (primarily Sicilian) -uzzo ‎amore (“love”) + ‎-uccio → ‎amoruccio (“darling”, literally “little loved one”) diminutive suffix with patronizing or pejorative connotations when attached to specific words ‎medico (“doctor”) + ‎-uccio → ‎medicuccio (“quack”) ‎femmina (“female”) + ‎-uccia → ‎femminuccia (“cowardly person”) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Anagrams === ciuco, cucio, cuoci