Definition of punchinello
1 capitalized : a fat short humpbacked clown or buffoon in Italian puppet shows
2 plural punchinellos : a squat grotesque person
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Origin and Etymology of punchinello
modification of Italian dialect polecenella
First Known Use: 1662
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