abozzo

noun

aboz·​zo

variants or less commonly abbozzo

əˈbȯt(ˌ)sō

plural abozzi

-(ˌ)sē

: a rough sketch or draft (as of a picture or a poem)

Word History

Etymology

Italian abbozzo, from abbozzare to make a rough sketch or draft, from a- (from Latin ad-) + bozzare to make a rough sketch or draft, from bozza boss, swelling, roughhewn stone, rough sketch or draft

First Known Use

1826, in the meaning defined above

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