The word for any piece of cloth used for drying dishes or for household cleaning is strofinaccio (masculine, plural: strofinacci) in Italian. If we break it down into its component parts, we can see that it is composed of the verb strofinare (to rub) and the pejorative suffix -accio which denotes something bad or unattractive. Some examples of things that can be called strofinaccio in … [Read more...] about Italian Word of the Day: Strofinaccio (rag / cloth / dish towel)