lezzo

== English == === Etymology === Shortened alteration of lesbian, +‎ -o. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛzəʊ === Noun === lezzo (plural lezzos) (Australia, slang) A lesbian. Synonyms: lesbo, lezbo 1984, Barry Dickins, The Crookes of Epping, Pascoe Publishing, →ISBN, page 26, She was also a lezzo. 1986, Angelo Loukakis, Vernacular Dreams, University of Queensland, →ISBN, page 136, There is too many hippies and lezzos riding around on bikes these days already. a1997, from The Picture, quoted in Jill Julius Matthews, Sex in Public: Australian Sexual Cultures, Allen & Unwin (1997), →ISBN, page 4, Wot's going down? Hot lezzo love-ins, that's wot . . . The Bisexual revolution has begun. "Lesbian chic" is born—and I can't tell you what GOOD NEWS this is for us. 2006, Craig Price, Birth of the Ecowarriors, Lulu Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 68, "Piss off Greek girl," he bluffed. "Go find your lezzo friend." ==== References ==== Sue Butler and Denise Angelo, Australian Phrasebook, Lonely Planet (1998), →ISBN, page 37. == Italian == === Etymology === From Italian lezzare, apheresis of Italian olezzare (“to stink”), from Vulgar Latin *olidiāre, derived from Latin olidus (“emitting a smell”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlet.t͡so/, (traditional) /ˈled.d͡zo/ Rhymes: -ettso, (traditional) -eddzo Hyphenation: léz‧zo === Noun === lezzo m (plural lezzi) stink, stench === References === === Further reading === lezzo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana lezzo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa