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Italian
Etymology
From Old Italian neghietto + -oso, with the first element deriving from Latin neglēctus. The same neghietto was also the source of the archaic verb neghiettire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ne.ɡitˈto.zo/
- Rhymes: -ozo
- Hyphenation: ne‧ghit‧tó‧so
Adjective
neghittoso (feminine neghittosa, masculine plural neghittosi, feminine plural neghittose)
- (literary) lazy, indolent, idle
- Synonyms: indolente, inoperoso, ozioso, pigro
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