A word or group of words that describes or limits a verb, noun, adjective, or adverb. Modifiers applied to nouns are adjectives. Modifiers applied to verbs or adjectives are adverbs. Those that are applied to adverbs themselves are also called adverbs.
Guido / Ë É¡ w iË d oÊ / is a slang term, often derogatory, for a working-class urban Italian American. The guido stereotype is multi-faceted. Originally, it was used as a demeaning term for Italian Americans in general.
derogatory for Italian, 1912, American English slang, apparently from southern Italian dialect guappo dandy, dude, stud, a greeting among male Neapolitans, said to be from Spanish guapo bold, dandy, which is from Latin vappa sour wine, also worthless fellow; related to vapidus (see vapid).