Home › Words › P › pecorinopecorinopecorino · noun — any of a family of Italian hard cheeses made from ewe's milk.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, pecorino ranks #6,355 of 43,245 for Qualifying.EtymologyBorrowed from Italian pecorino, from pecora (“sheep”).nounAny of a family of Italian hard cheeses made from ewe's milk.e.g.“Later that evening the two of them sat together in the tiny pantry just off the kitchen, the residue of pecorino cheese and cuts of hanging smoked pork strong and delicious around them.” — 2022, Maddie Mortimer, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies, Picador, page 282:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).