morboso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin morbōsus (“diseased”), from morbus (“disease”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /morˈbo.zo/, (traditional) /morˈbo.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: mor‧bó‧so

Adjective

morboso (feminine morbosa, masculine plural morbosi, feminine plural morbose)

1. morbid, sick, pathological

Derived terms

• morbosamente

Related terms

• morbo
• morbosità

Anagrams

• ombroso

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin morbōsus (“diseased”), from morbus (“disease”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moɾˈboso/ [moɾˈβ̞o.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: mor‧bo‧so

Adjective

morboso (feminine morbosa, masculine plural morbosos, feminine plural morbosas)

1. morbid, sick
2. causing sickness, sickening

Derived terms

• morbosamente

 

Related terms

• morbo
• morbosidad

 

Further reading

• “morboso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014