paparazzo
[pah-puh-raht-soh; Italian pah-pah-raht-tsaw]
noun, plural pa·pa·raz·zi [pah-puh-raht-see; Italian pah-pah-raht-tsee] /ˌpɑ pəˈrɑt si; Italian ˌpɑ pɑˈrɑt tsi/.
a freelance photographer, especially one who takes candid pictures of celebrities for publication.
Origin of paparazzo
1965–70; < Italian, from the surname of such a photographer in Federico Fellini's La dolce vita (1959), after the name of a hotelkeeper in George Gissing's By the Ionian Sea (1901), read by Fellini in It translation at the time of the movie's producton
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Contemporary Examples of paparazzi
Paparazzi photos of Mrs. Knowles-Carter sporting the Bettie Page look were released.
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October 15, 2014
Mrs. Clooney has been followed around Athens during a three-day visit by a horde of paparazzi that number into the hundreds.
A low point came when she was photographed by paparazzi crying in a Soho street after the break-up.
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She peaked with a few good songs, but now is riding the wave of promotions, brands, and paparazzi.
paparazzo
noun plural -razzi (-ˈrætsiː)
Word Origin for paparazzo
C20: from Italian
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