voraginoso

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin vorāginōsus. By surface analysis, voragin(e) (abyss) +‎ -oso (-ous).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vo.ra.d͡ʒiˈno.zo/, (traditional) /vo.ra.d͡ʒiˈno.so/
  • Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
  • Hyphenation: vo‧ra‧gi‧nó‧so

Adjective

voraginoso (feminine voraginosa, masculine plural voraginosi, feminine plural voraginose)

  1. (literary) abyssal, voraginous
    • 1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad]‎, Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, Libro XXI, page 457:
      quel divin suo scudo che di limo ¶ giacerà ricoperto in qualche gorgo ¶ voraginoso.
      that divine shield of his that will lie, covered in mud, in some voraginous whirlpool.

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

vorāginōsō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vorāginōsus

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vorāginōsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boɾaxiˈnoso/
  • Rhymes: -oso
  • Syllabification: vo‧ra‧gi‧no‧so

Adjective

voraginoso (feminine voraginosa, masculine plural voraginosos, feminine plural voraginosas)

  1. voraginous

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