Category:Punchinello

Pun`chi*nel"lo, n. Etym: [it. pulcinella, probably originally a word Of endearment, dim. of pulcina, pulcino, a chicken, from l. Pullicenus, pullus. See pullet.]

Defn: a punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show, a character Represented as fat, short, and humpbacked. Spectator.