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stoccado

[ stuh-kah-doh ]

noun

, Archaic.
, plural stoc·ca·dos.
  1. a thrust with a rapier or other pointed weapon.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stoccado1

1575–85; alteration of Italian stoccata, equivalent to stocc ( o ) swordpoint, dagger (< Germanic; compare Old English stocc stake) + -ata -ade 1; -ado < Spanish, as in renegado

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