collotorto

Meaning

1. (derogatory, masculine) a religious hypocrite, a bigot
2. (masculine) a wryneck (bird of genus Jynx)

Concepts

wryneck

Synonyms

collo torto

Translations

tortícolis

fanático

hipócrita

Fanatiker

Frömmler

fanatique

fanaticus

dweper

fanaat

fanático

jynx

colltort

Hyphenated as

col‧lo‧tòr‧to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌkɔl.loˈtɔr.to/

Etymology

From collo (“neck”) + torto (“bent, twisted, crooked”), in sense 1 associating religious people to excessively bowing and looking downwards. Compare Catalan colltort.