English Explanatory Dictionary

bambocciade

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bambocciante painting, depicting a scene from lower-class or rustic life.

Word forms

bambocciade bambocciades

Etymology

From Italian bambocciata, from Bamboccio (“a nickname of Pieter van Laer, a Dutch genre painter; properly, a child, simpleton, puppet”), from bamboccio (“chubby child”).

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