lanoso
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin lānōsus. By surface analysis, lana + -oso.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lanoso (feminine lanosa, masculine plural lanosi, feminine plural lanose)
- covered in wool
- Synonym: lanuto
- (by extension) lanate (covered in woolly hairs)
- mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto III”, in Inferno [Hell][1], lines 97–99; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate][2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
- Quinci fuor quete le lanose gote
al nocchier de la livida palude,
che ’ntorno a li occhi avea di fiamme rote.- Henceforth went quiet the lanate cheeks of the black swamp's helmsman, who had circles of flames around his eyes.
- (botany) lanate
- Synonym: lanato
- woolly (having a wool-like texture or appearance)
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Further reading edit
- lanoso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Adjective edit
lānōsō
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin lānōsus. By surface analysis, lã + -oso.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: la‧no‧so
Adjective edit
lanoso (feminine lanosa, masculine plural lanosos, feminine plural lanosas, metaphonic)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin lānōsus. Equivalent to lana + -oso.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lanoso (feminine lanosa, masculine plural lanosos, feminine plural lanosas)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “lanoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014