bellarmine

noun

bel·​lar·​mine

¦be-lər-¦mēn,

-ˌlär-;

ˈbe-lər-mən

plural -s

: a narrow-necked large-bellied stoneware drinking jug typically adorned with the figure of a bearded man

Word History

Etymology

after Roberto Cardinal Bellarmine (Bellarmino) †1621 Italian prelate whom such jugs originally caricatured

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