10 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
originEtymology tree Vulgar Latin crassus~grassus Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Vulgar Latin -ius Vulgar Latin -ia Vulgar Latin *crassia Anglo-Norman grecebor. Middle English grece English grease English -ball English greaseball From grease + -ball.; possibly derived from the fact that Italians and Italian-Americans are stereotyped as having greasy or greased-up hair.
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