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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin officiōsus. By surface analysis, ufficio (“office, service”) + -oso (“-ous, -y”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uf.fiˈt͡ʃo.zo/, (traditional) /uf.fiˈt͡ʃo.so/
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: uf‧fi‧ció‧so
Adjective
ufficioso (feminine ufficiosa, masculine plural ufficiosi, feminine plural ufficiose)
- (rare, literary) gentle, dutiful, kind
- Synonyms: cortese, gentile, servizievole
- unofficial, off-the-record
- Antonym: ufficiale
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