moccio

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mucceus, from Latin mūcus, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”).

Noun

moccio m (plural mocci)

  1. (informal, rarely considered, slightly vulgar) snot

Derived terms

Further reading

  • moccio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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