Pŭn'chi-nĕl'lo, n.

n. [It. pulcinella, Fr. polichinelle, probably originally a word of endearment, diminutive of pulcina, pulcino, a chicken, from Lat. pullicenus, pullus, id.] A punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet-show, a character represented as fat, short, and humpbacked.