This week’s theme
There’s a word for it

This week’s words
palooka
lycanthropy
heliophobia
pizzaiolo
sciamachy

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(peet-suh-YO-lo)

MEANING:

noun: A pizza maker.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Italian pizzaiolo (pizza maker). Earliest documented use: 1956.

NOTES:

The female form of the word is pizzaiola, but pizzaiolo can be used irrespective of gender, just as we use the terms actor, teacher, painter, etc. as gender-neutral terms.

USAGE:

“Saucepan who, as well as being a partner in the gym, also works as a pizzaiolo at a gourmet pizzeria at the entrance to the town.”
Daniel Galera; Blood-Drenched Beard; Penguin; 2015.

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