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Polichinelle

/pɔ.li.ʃi.nɛl/

proper noun/pɔ.li.ʃi.nɛl/

Pulcinella (Italian theatrical character)

Related: polichinelle, secret de Polichinelle

Borrowed from Neapolitan Pulecenella, of uncertain origin (see Italian Pulcinella).