lazzariare

== Neapolitan == === Alternative forms === lazzarejare lazzarià, lazzarejà (alt. spellings) === Etymology === From lazzaro (“plebeian, boor”) +‎ -iare (verb-forming suffix). For sense 2, compare the synonymous fà uno comm'a nu Santo Lazzaro. === Verb === lazzariare to act or speak like a reprobate to cover with cuts and bruises (as Saint Lazarus is commonly depicted) === References === Riccio, Giovanna (2005), Ispanismi nel dialetto napoletano, Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 123[1] Rocco, Emmanuele (1882), “lazzariare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano‎[2]