Masculine

mazacote

Meaning

Concepts

(masculine) concrete
(masculine) barilla (Soda inermis, syn. Salsola soda)
(masculine) a crude work of art
(colloquial, masculine) dry, hard food
(colloquial, masculine) annoying person

Hyphenated as

ma‧za‧co‧te

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maθaˈkote/

Borrowed from Italian

Cognate with Hebrew

In summary

Borrowed from Italian marzacotto (second element influenced by cotto (“cooked”)), from Arabic مَسْحَقُونِيَّا (masḥaqūniyyā), from Classical Syriac ܡܫܚ ܩܘܢܝܐ (məšaḥ qūnyā, “ointment of sosa”), from ܡܫܚ (məšaḥ, “salve, unguent”) (from ܡܫܚ (məšaḥ, “to anoint”); see Hebrew מָשַׁח (māšaḥ, “to anoint”)) + Ancient Greek κονία (konía, “dust, ashes”).