sonnacchioso
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin somniculōsus (“drowsy, sleepy”). By surface analysis, sonnecchiare + -oso.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /son.nakˈkjo.zo/, (traditional) /son.nakˈkjo.so/
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: son‧nac‧chió‧so
Adjective edit
sonnacchioso (feminine sonnacchiosa, masculine plural sonnacchiosi, feminine plural sonnacchiose)
- drowsy, sleepy
- Synonyms: sonnolento, assonnato, insonnolito
- (literary) indifferent, lazy
- (archaic) sleep-inductive, soporific, slumberous, somnolent
Derived terms edit
References edit
- sonnacchioso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana