
Pinocchio (soundtrack)
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From the story The Adventures of Pinocchio (Le avventure di Pinocchio, 1881) by Italian author Carlo Lorenzini; most likely constructed from pino ‘pine’ and occhio ‘eye’
Proper noun
- A popular fairy tale about a boy made from wood whose nose gets longer with each lie he tells.
- The protagonist of this story, a wooden puppet who comes to life.