tagliaticcio

Italian

Etymology 1

Adaptation of the Abruzzese dialectal word. May correspond to a Vulgar Latin *taliātīcius. By surface analysis, tagliato (cut) + -iccio.

Noun

tagliaticcio m (plural tagliaticci)

  1. (cooking, usually in the plural) type of pasta originally from Abruzzo, Italy.

Etymology 2

From tagliare (to cut), due to its practice of cutting of the bunches of grapes from the vine. Ultimately, by the same surface analysis as above.

Noun

tagliaticcio m (plural tagliaticci)

  1. (archaic, horticulture, zoology) a leaf-rolling weevil who infests mainly vine (Attelabus bacchus)
    • 1861, Giuseppe Bertoloni, “Di una nuova malattia della Canepa”, in Memorie, volume 12, Bologna, page 303:
      [] anch'io abbandonai questa utile pratica, che pure dovrebbe aprire gli occhi non solo ai proprietari ma più ancora ai rozzi coloni, i quali spesso nelle colline sopra tutto si lamentano del tagliaticcio, che tronca tutti i grappoli de' tralci acconciati a festoni.
      [] in the end I gave up on this useful habit myself, despite that it should open the eyes not only of the landlords but moreover of the coarse settlers, who often on the hills complain mainly about the tagliaticcio, who cuts off all the bunches of grapes from the branch [which is as if] decorated with festoons.
    • 1876, Giuseppe Antonino Pasquale, “Delle malattie della vite”, in Manuale di arboricoltura, Naples, page 372:
      Il Tagliaticcio o l'Attelabo verde (Attelabus bachus[sic]), che accartoccia la foglia, per deporvi le uova, rompe il germoglio e distrugge il grappolo.
      The tagliaticcio, or the green Attelabus (Attelabus bachus), who crumbles the leaf, where it lays eggs, breaks the sprout and destroys the bunch [of grapes].
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