imbroccata

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noun

A hit or thrust.

OriginItalian imbroccata →
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Meanings

nounimbroccata (plural imbroccatas)

plural imbroccatas · alternative imbrocata

  1. obsoleteA hit or thrust.

    But then, you haue your passages, and imbroccata's in courtship

    1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC
    1. obsoletefencingA particular thrust

Origin

  1. Italianimbroccata
  2. Englishimbroccata

From Italian imbroccata, feminine past participle of imbroccare (“to hit a target”).

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APA

imbroccata. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imbroccata

MLA

“imbroccata.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imbroccata. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “imbroccata,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imbroccata.

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