ignavo
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin ignāvus (“lazy, cowardly”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ignavo (feminine ignava, masculine plural ignavi, feminine plural ignave)
- said of a person who doesn't have moral strength, who is inert when choices need to be taken
- (by extension) slothful, indolent
Noun edit
ignavo m (plural ignavi, feminine ignava)
- a person who doesn't have moral strength, who is inert when choices need to be taken
- (by extension) sluggard
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- ignavo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- ignavo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Adjective edit
ignāvō