morbido

See also: mórbido

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin morbidus (“sickly, diseased”); the meaning evolved into "soft", "tender", "docile" as disease and illness make one weak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔr.bi.do/
• Rhymes: -ɔrbido
• Hyphenation: mòr‧bi‧do

Adjective

morbido (feminine morbida, masculine plural morbidi, feminine plural morbide, superlative morbidissimo)

1. soft, tender, mellow

   Synonyms: soffice, tenero

   matita morbida, matita dura ― soft pencil, hard pencil

2. (figuratively) docile, compliant

   Synonyms: arrendevole, docile

Usage notes

• The translation of morbid (“related to disease”) is morbico.

Antonyms

• duro

Noun

morbido m (plural morbidi)

1. soft place

Derived terms

• morbidamente
• morbidezza

 

Anagrams

• imbrodo, imbrodò

Latin

Adjective

morbidō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of morbidus