Botocudo

noun

Bo·​to·​cu·​do

ˌbōtəˈkü(ˌ)dō

plural Botocudo or Botocudos

1

: a South American labret-wearing people (such as the Tupian Indians of eastern Brazil)

2

: a member of a Botocudo people

3

: the language of the Botocudo people

Word History

Etymology

Portuguese, from botoque wooden plug, alteration of batoque plug, bunghole, probably from Middle French bartoc plug, bung; from the large cylindrical wooden plugs they wear in their ear lobes and lower lips

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