tʃəˈnɛl noun, plural Pun·chi·nel·los, Pun·chi·nel·loes.
1.
a grotesque or absurd chief character in a puppet show of Italian origin: the prototype of Punch.
2.
any similarly grotesque or absurd person or thing.
Origin:
1660–70; < Italian (Naples dial.) polecenella character in the puppet show, diminutive of polecana turkey-cock chick < Late Latin pullicēnus, derivative of Latin pullus pullet
1660–70; < Italian (Naples dial.) polecenella character in the puppet show, diminutive of polecana turkey-cock chick < Late Latin pullicēnus, derivative of Latin pullus pullet
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| —n , pl -los, -loes | |
| 1. | a type of clown from Italian burlesque or puppet shows, the prototype of Punch |
| 2. | (sometimes not capital) any grotesque or absurd character |
| [C17: from earlier Polichinello, from Italian (Neapolitan dialect) Polecenella, from Italian pulcino chicken, ultimately from Latin pullus young animal] | |
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