Noun: lazzarone
| Singular | lazzarone |
| Plural | lazzarones; lazzaroni |
Sample Sentences
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What does he mean by his Rights of Man, and his equality?—What wretched and dangerous doctrine to diſſeminate among the lazzaroni* of England, where they are always ready enough to murmur againſt their betters? [1792, Charlotte Smith, “Letter X. To Mr. Bethel.”, in Desmond. […], volume II, London: […] G[eorge,] G[eorge,] J[ohn] and J[ames] Robinson, […], →OCLC, page 121:]
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[…] attended by one or two of his band, who intended leaving off business and turning lazzaroni, they all set off for Naples, which they found in an uproar. [1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 255:]
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[…] Brighton, a clean Naples with genteel lazzaroni—[…] [1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “A Marriage and Part of a Honeymoon”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 189:]
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Marcher said to himself that he ought to have rendered her some service - saved her from a capsized boat in the bay, or at least recovered her dressing bag, filched from her cab, in the streets of Naples, by a lazzarone with a stiletto. [1903, Henry James, The Beast in the Jungle:]
Nouns inflected like lazzarone
lazarone,
boccale,
panforte,
padrone,
pianoforte,
zeppole,
canzone,
calzone,
cassone,
conversazione,
cortile,
lazzarone,
campanile,
armatole,
padre,
condottiere,
ricercare,
ducatone,
pastorale,
cicerone, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian lazzarone.