| 词汇 | patsy |
| 词源 | patsy. Patsy, American slang for a dupe or sucker since at least 1909, may derive from the Italian pazzo, “foolish or crazy,” brought to America by Italian immigrants. Pazzo, in turn, could derive from the Italian expression uno dei pazzi, “one of the fools or crazies,” which may come from the name of the much ridiculed Pazzi family of 15th-century Florence, who were foolish enough to oppose the powerful Medici and were slaughtered. |
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