paparazzo
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 31
- Words With Friends
- 33
- Letters
- 9
/ˌpæ.pəˈɹæ.tsəʊ/
(UK)
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/ˌpæ.pəˈɹæ.tsəʊ/ (UK) · /ˌpɑ.pəˈɹɑ.tsoʊ/ (US)
Definition of paparazzo
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A freelance photographer who sells photographs of celebrities to the media, especially one who pursues celebrities and attempts to obtain candid photographs.
“That man with the camera over there is a paparazzo.”
“You may decide to shove the lens down the throat of your aggressor, in the style of an aggrieved celebrity seeking primal redress against a mischievous paparazzo; but then again, most ecstatic rituals are pacific in intent and you may find such violence inappropriate.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian paparazzo, from the name of Coriolano Paparazzo, a character in Federico Fellini's La dolce vita.
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