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cappuccio

cappuccio noun: a hood, especially of a cloak; a capuche.

Noun

cappuccio (plural cappuccios or cappucci)

  1. A hood, especially of a cloak; a capuche.
    • Next after him went Doubt, who was yclad / In a discolour'd cote of straunge disguyse, / That at his backe a brode Capuccio had, / And sleeves dependaunt Albanesè-wyse […].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    • Instead of a cappuccio, he wears a hat.1988, Christiansen, Kanter & Strehlke (Eds.), Painting in Renaissance Siena, 1420-1500, p. 171

Proper noun capitalized: Cappuccio

Cappuccio (plural Cappuccios)

  1. A surname from Italian.

Forms of cappuccio

Noun
pluralcappuccios
pluralcappucci
alternative formcapuccio
Proper noun
pluralCappuccios

Origin of cappuccio

Borrowed from Italian cappuccio. Doublet of capuche.

Borrowed from Italian Cappuccio.

Questions about cappuccio

What does cappuccio mean?
Cappuccio means a hood, especially of a cloak; a capuche.
What part of speech is cappuccio?
Cappuccio can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of cappuccio?
The plural of cappuccio is cappuccios.

Words near cappuccio in the dictionary

  1. cappuccini
  2. cappuccino
  3. cappuccinoed
  4. cappuccinolike
  5. cappuccinos
  6. cappuccio
  7. cappuccios
  8. cappucini
  9. cappucino
  10. cappucinos
  11. cappy

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