English Explanatory Dictionary

mozzetta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A short cape covering the shoulders and buttoned in front, with a hood, which is worn by the pope, cardinals, bishops, and other senior clergy.

Pronunciation

/mə(ʊ)ˈzɛtə/ /mɔːtˈt͡sɛtə/ /moʊˈzɛtə/ [-ɾə] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-mozzetta.wav /mə(ʊ)ˈzɛteɪ/ /mɔːtˈt͡sɛteɪ/ /moʊˈzɛteɪ/ [-ɾeɪ] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-mozzette.wav

Word forms

mozzetta mozzettas mozzette mosette mozetta

Etymology

Borrowed from a merger of French mozzete (obsolete) (modern French mosette, mossette), and from its etymon Italian mozzetta; further etymology uncertain, possibly either: * from Italian mozzo (“cut off; shortened”, adjective) (from Vulgar Latin *mutius, from Latin mutilus (“mutilated”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mewt- (“cut short”)); or * from Late Latin almucia (“hood or cape with a hood worn by clergy”) (further etymology unknown) + Italian -etta (feminine form of -etto (diminutive suffix)). The plural form mozzette is borrowed from Italian mozzette. Doublet of mosette.

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