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pizzell

pizzell is the alternative spelling of pizzle.

pizzell is the alternative form of pizzella.

Meaning of pizzle

Noun

pizzle (plural pizzles)

  1. The penis of an animal.
    • Although, if in the lion the position of the pizzle be proper, and that the natural situation, it will be hard to make out their retrocopulation, or their coupling and pissing backward, according to the determination of Aristotle [...].1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.19
    1. in heraldry
    2. the dehydrated meat thereof, as a dog treat
  2. A baton made from the penis of an ox, once used to beat men and animals.

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Meaning of pizzella

Noun

pizzella (plural pizzelle or pizzellas)

  1. A traditional Italian waffle cookie.

Forms of pizzell

pluralpizzells

Origin of pizzell

Borrowed from Italian pizzella. The final vowel is probably dropped either due to southern Italian influence (as Neapolitan often reduces final vowels to a schwa), or due to anglicized pronunciation of the plural form pizzelle (many English words ending in -elle do not pronounce the last e, e.g. belle, gazelle, mademoiselle).

Questions about pizzell

What is pizzell the alternative spelling of?
Pizzell is the alternative spelling of pizzle.

Words near pizzell in the dictionary

  1. pizzazzier
  2. pizzazzy
  3. pizze
  4. pizze fritte
  5. pizzel
  6. pizzell
  7. pizzella
  8. pizzellas
  9. pizzelle
  10. pizzelles
  11. pizzer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pizzell (page history and authors); pizzle (page history and authors); pizzella (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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