zecchino

[ zuh-kee-noh; Italian tsek-kee-naw ]

noun

, plural zec·chi·ni [z, uh, -, kee, -nee, tsek-, kee, -nee].

1. sequin ( defs 2, 3, 4 ).

zecchino

/ zɛˈkiːnəʊ /

noun

1. another word for sequin

Word History and Origins

Origin of zecchino¹

1610–20; < Italian. See sequin

Word History and Origins

Origin of zecchino¹

C18: from Italian; see sequin

Example Sentences

A single word appears beneath each image, a composite of elements from the artists’ work with Baldessari’s painting on top of it: “Zebra,” “Zeal,” “Zecchino.”

From Los Angeles Times

Florentine gigliati Venetian zecchino All other gold coins to be taken as bullion at a value of 280 fl. for the Cologne mark of fine gold.

From Project Gutenberg

Between 1280 and 1284 Venice also struck 629 a gold coin, known first as the ducat, afterwards as the zecchino or sequin, the ducat becoming merely a money of account.

From Project Gutenberg

I'll wager a zecchino they have come from Naples.

From Project Gutenberg

I value it not a zecchino; and wert thou to depose me to-morrow, I should be the master of ye in another month, did it please me to command a people so capricious.

From Project Gutenberg