zelloso

Italian

Etymology

From zella +‎ -oso.

Adjective

zelloso (feminine zellosa, masculine plural zellosi, feminine plural zellose) (regional, Rome)

1. filthy

   Synonyms: sporco, sudicio, sozzo

2. (in particular) uncleanly, characterized by leaving zella on things they touch (of a person)

Further reading

• zelloso in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• Augusto Pantoni (2001) “La zélla”, in www.romacultura.it‎^[1] (in Italian), archived from the original on 30 January 2020