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Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From oblio (“oblivion”) + -oso (“-ous”). Compare French oublieux.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.bliˈo.zo/, (traditional) /o.bliˈo.so/
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: o‧bli‧ó‧so
Adjective
oblioso (feminine obliosa, masculine plural obliosi, feminine plural obliose) (literary)
- oblivious, forgetful
- Synonyms: dimentico, immemore
- Antonym: memore
- (by extension) indifferent
- Synonyms: incurante, noncurante
- inducing contemplation or detachment from reality; oblivial
16th century, Annibale Caro, transl., Eneide [Aeneid], Florence: Leonardo Ciardetti, translation of Aeneis by Virgil, published 1827, Libro IV, page 200:Questa d'umido mele e d'obblïosi ¶ Papaveri composto un suo miscuglio ¶ Promette con parole e con malie ¶ Altri scior da l'amore, altri legare- She, having prepared a mixture of moist honey and oblivial poppies, promises with words and spells to have some fall out of love, and others bound
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