zocco, n.

zocco
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# † zocconoun

## Earlier version

- zocco in OED Second Edition (1989)

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zocco mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zocco. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the early 1700s.

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### Where does the noun zocco come from?

Earliest known use

mid 1600s

The earliest known use of the noun zocco is in the mid 1600s.

OED's earliest evidence for zocco is from 1664, in a translation by John Evelyn, diarist and writer.

zocco is a borrowing from Italian.

Etymons: Italian zocco.

### Nearby entries

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3. zoanthoid, adj. 1854–
4. zoanthropic, adj. 1891–
5. zoanthropy, n. 1856–
6. zoanthus, n. 1841–
7. zoarial, adj. 1896–
8. zoarium, n. 1880–
9. zob, n. 1911–
10. zocalo, n. 1884–
11. zocco, n.1664–1723
12. zocle, n. 1704–
13. zoco, n. 1892–
14. zodiac, n. 1390–
15. zodiacal, adj. 1576–
16. zodiac line, n. 1590
17. zodiac ring, n. 1895–
18. zodiographer, n. 1650
19. zoea, n. 1828–
20. zoeal, adj.?1870–
21. zoetrope, n. 1866–

## Etymology

### Summary

A borrowing from Italian.
Etymon: Italian zocco.
< Italian zocco, zoccolo: see socle n.

## Meaning & use

Obsolete.

1. 1664–1723
   = socle n. 1.
   1. 1664

      > The Piedestal with its entire Bassament, Cymatium, and that Zocolo or Plinth above wrought with a festoon (which in my judgment makes a part of it, as rendring it a perfect Cube).

      J. Evelyn, translation of R. Fréart, Parallel of Antient Architecture ii. i. 92
   2. 1664

      > Certain Zoccos or Blocks elevating the rest of the members of an Order.

      J. Evelyn, Account Architecture in translation of R. Fréart, Parallel of Antient Architecture 124
   3. 1720

      > The Bases have no Zocco.

      N. Dubois & G. Leoni, translation of A. Palladio, Architecture vol. IV. ii. xxiii. 6
   4. 1723

      > KL. Piedroit with its Fillet at bottom. M. Its Zocco.

      E. Chambers, translation of S. Le Clerc, Treatise of Architecture vol. I. 27
   architecture
   1. slipper 1611–1703
      Architecture. = plinth, n. Obsolete. rare.
   2. plinth 1634–
      A block or pedestal on which an object (as a statue, vase, etc.) may be mounted or displayed; (also) the squared base of a piece of furniture.
   3. entablement 1664–
      The horizontal platform or graduated series of platforms supporting a statue and placed above the dado and the base.
   4. quadra 1664–
      a. The plinth or socle of a podium. b. A platband or fillet, esp. one above or below the scotia in an Ionic base.
   5. zocco 1664–1723
      = socle, n. 1.
   6. socle 1704–
      A low plain block or plinth serving as a pedestal to a statue, column, vase, etc.; also, a plain plinth forming a foundation for a wall.
   7. zocle 1704–
      = zocco, n.
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## Forms

### Variant forms

Also zoccolo, zocolo.

zocco, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zocco, n. was last modified in July 2023.