'What is it?'

Ed Horan (Speller 148) made sure to pronounce his Ns as he correctly spelled "fantoccini."But first, he had a few questions.

"What is it?"

"Puppets moved by strings or mechanical devices," Dr. Bailly said.

"OK, language of origin?" Ed asked.

Italian, which formed it from a Latin word

And "can I hear it in a sentence?"

So many spectators stopped to watch the fantoccini that the puppet shows had to be moved to one of the park's larger amphitheaters.