oblioso

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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)

  1. oblivious, forgetful
    Synonyms: dimentico, immemore
    Antonym: memore
  2. (by extension) indifferent
    Synonyms: incurante, noncurante
  3. 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