Pelosi

Borrowed from Italian Pelosi, from peloso (“hairy”), from Latin pilōsus.

• IPA^(key): /pəˈloʊsi/

Pelosi (plural Pelosis)

1. A surname from Italian.
   • 2013 December 13, Ben Zimmer, “Nancy Pelosi Told House Democrats to "Embrace the Suck." Where Did That Phrase Come From?”, in Slate‎^[1]:

     Nancy Pelosi used some colorful language to cajole her fellow House Democrats into accepting the compromise budget deal. As first reported by Politico, she told them to "embrace the suck."

   • 2023 October 18, “We’re anti-Zionist Jews and we see genocide unfolding in Gaza”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     Representative Nancy Pelosi, our California congresswoman, has affirmed that the United States stands “unwaveringly” by Israel as it conducts its defense […]

• Nasty Pelosi

• -poleis, Polies, loipes, pilose, plesio-, poleis

From peloso.

• IPA^(key): /peˈlo.zi/
• Rhymes: -ozi
• Hyphenation: Pe‧ló‧si

Pelosi m or f by sense

1. a surname

• Peloso
• Pelosini

• English: Pelosi
• → Chinese: 佩洛西 (Pèiluòxī) (transliteration)