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rotto

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rotto¹

Where it comes from

Apparently from rott(en) + -o, probably after blotto.

adjective more rotto · most rotto

  1. Ireland, archaic, colloquial Very drunk. [W]hen rotto and making himself a nuisance to everybody all round he was in the habit of ostentatiously sporting in public a suit of brown paper (a fact).

Rotto²

Where it comes from

From Rottnest + -o (“diminutive suffix”).

proper noun

  1. Australia, slang Rottnest Island, a small island off the coast of Western Australia.

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"rotto." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rotto. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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rotto. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rotto

Chicago

"rotto." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rotto.

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@misc{rotto_2026,
  title = {rotto},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rotto},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}