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Italian
Etymology
From Latin *rudius, neuter comparative form of rudis or more likely its o-stem derivative. Cognate to Logudorian Sardinian ruzu (“rough, boorish”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
rozzo (feminine rozza, masculine plural rozzi, feminine plural rozze)
- (figurative) uncouth, coarse, impolite
- Synonyms: ingenuo, semplice, inesperto, maleducato
- linguaggio rozzo ― crude language
- è un uomo rozzo e incolto ― he's a coarse, ignorant man
1898, Giacomo Leopardi, edited by Giosuè Carducci, Pensieri di varia filosofia e di bella letteratura, page 3398:Basti ora il dire che non si è mai per ancora veduto in alcun secolo, appo nazione alcuna, stile corrotto o barbaro e rozzo, e lingua pura o delicata, né viceversa, ma sempre e in ogni luogo la rozzezza, la purità, la perfezione, la decadenza, la corruttela della lingua e dello stile si sono trovate in compagnia.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (rare, literal) rough
- Synonyms: ruvido, scabro
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References
- ^ rozzo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ rozzo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)