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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin morbidus (“sickly, diseased”); the meaning evolved into "soft", "tender", "docile" as disease and illness make one weak.
Pronunciation
Adjective
morbido (feminine morbida, masculine plural morbidi, feminine plural morbide, superlative morbidissimo)
- soft, tender, mellow
- Synonyms: soffice, tenero
- matita morbida, matita dura ― soft pencil, hard pencil
- (figuratively) docile, compliant
- Synonyms: arrendevole, docile
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Noun
morbido m (plural morbidi)
- soft place
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Latin
Adjective
morbidō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of morbidus