stoccado

American

[stuh-kah-doh] / stəˈkɑ doʊ /

Also stoccata

noun

Archaic.

a thrust with a rapier or other pointed weapon.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

stoccados

plural

Etymology

Origin of stoccado

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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stoccado

Fie! venue, most gross denomination as ever I heard: oh, the stoccado while you live, Signior, not that.

From Every Man in His Humour by Ben Jonson

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