neghittoso

Italian

Etymology

From Old Italian neghietto ‎ -oso, with the first element deriving from Latin neglēctus. The same neghietto was also the source of the archaic verb neghiettire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne.ɡitˈto.zo/
• Rhymes: -ozo
• Hyphenation: ne‧ghit‧tó‧so

Adjective

neghittoso (feminine neghittosa, masculine plural neghittosi, feminine plural neghittose)

1. (literary) lazy, indolent, idle

   Synonyms: indolente, inoperoso, ozioso, pigro

Derived terms

• neghittosamente
• neghittosità

Further reading

• neghittoso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “nĕglēctus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 435
• http://tlio.ovi.cnr.it/TLIO/index.php?vox=038776.htm