"collotorto" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˌkɔl.loˈtɔr.to/ Forms: collitorti [plural], collo torto [alternative, uncommon]
Rhymes: -ɔrto Etymology: From collo (“neck”) + torto (“bent, twisted, crooked”), in sense 1 associating religious people to excessively bowing and looking downwards. Compare Catalan colltort. Etymology templates: {{af|it|collo|torto|t1=neck|t2=bent, twisted, crooked}} collo (“neck”) + torto (“bent, twisted, crooked”), {{cog|ca|colltort}} Catalan colltort Head templates: {{it-noun|m|collitorti}} collotorto m (plural collitorti)
  1. (derogatory) a religious hypocrite, a bigot Tags: derogatory, masculine Synonyms: bacchettone, bacchettona, baciapile, bigotto, bigotta
    Sense id: en-collotorto-it-noun-opJJg-Na
  2. a wryneck (bird of genus Jynx) Tags: masculine Synonyms: torcicollo, verticollo
    Sense id: en-collotorto-it-noun-nJIFM8mr Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Woodpeckers Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Woodpeckers: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

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