finocchio

Alternative forms

 * fennocchio, fennochio, fenocchio, fenochio, finnocchio, finnochio, finocchio, finochio
 * fenochia, finnochia, finocchia, finocha, finochia
 * finochie

Etymology
Borrowed from. .

Noun

 * 1) A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel.
 * 2) * 1974, Ali-Bab (author) and Elizabeth Benson (translator), Encyclopedia of Practical Gastronomy, page 41
 * Finocchios are shoots of the fennel, an odoriferous plant of the Umbelliferae family.
 * 1)  A male homosexual.
 * 2) * 2011 August 19, Jane Espenson, Torchwood: Miracle Day, episode 7: “Immortal Sins”, 23:51–23:57
 * Salvatore Maranzano: Rumour is you two are a pair of finocchi. Captain Jack Harkness: That’s not a rumour; that’s a boast.
 * 1)  A male homosexual.
 * 2) * 2011 August 19, Jane Espenson, Torchwood: Miracle Day, episode 7: “Immortal Sins”, 23:51–23:57
 * Salvatore Maranzano: Rumour is you two are a pair of finocchi. Captain Jack Harkness: That’s not a rumour; that’s a boast.
 * 1) * 2011 August 19, Jane Espenson, Torchwood: Miracle Day, episode 7: “Immortal Sins”, 23:51–23:57
 * Salvatore Maranzano: Rumour is you two are a pair of finocchi. Captain Jack Harkness: That’s not a rumour; that’s a boast.
 * 1) * 2011 August 19, Jane Espenson, Torchwood: Miracle Day, episode 7: “Immortal Sins”, 23:51–23:57
 * Salvatore Maranzano: Rumour is you two are a pair of finocchi. Captain Jack Harkness: That’s not a rumour; that’s a boast.
 * Salvatore Maranzano: Rumour is you two are a pair of finocchi. Captain Jack Harkness: That’s not a rumour; that’s a boast.

Translations

 * Finnish: salaattifenkoli
 * Greek:

Etymology
From (contracted to a later  form ), from a diminutive of. The slang sense is of Tuscan origin and probably derives from the archaic meaning “worthless person”, although many different exist.

Noun

 * 1)  fennel
 * 2)  queer, poof, nancyboy, faggot
 * 3)  bungler incompetent or worthless person
 * 1)  bungler incompetent or worthless person
 * 1)  bungler incompetent or worthless person