Mercutio

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Gender Masculine
Usage Literature
Pronounced Pron. /məɹ.ˈkju.ʃi.oʊ/(American English) /mə.ˈkjuː.ʃi.əʊ/(British English)

Meaning & History

Most famously used by William Shakespeare in his tragedy Romeo and Juliet (1596), where it belongs to a friend of Romeo. He appears as Marcuccio (a diminutive of Marco) in the earlier Italian novella Giulietta e Romeo (1524) by Luigi Da Porto. Later adaptations changed the character's name to Mercutio, probably alluding to the god Mercury.