 The word "berettino" has also been used to refer to the ecclesiastical skullcap more commonly known as the "zucchetto".Burattino is one of three "commedia dell'arte" masks mentioned by Bartolomeo Rossi in the foreword to his 1584 comic pastoral play "Fiammella", as examples of low-life characters who speak the Bergamasque dialect (usually approximate), the other two being Pedrolino and Arlecchino.As a rustic dialect, it signaled the character's low social status and was used in Italian theatre into the 18th century.