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Italian
Etymology
From zella + -oso.
Adjective
zelloso (feminine zellosa, masculine plural zellosi, feminine plural zellose) (regional, Rome)
- filthy
- Synonyms: sporco, sudicio, sozzo
- (in particular) uncleanly, characterized by leaving zella on things they touch (of a person)
Further reading
- zelloso in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- Augusto Pantoni (2001) “La zélla”, in www.romacultura.it (in Italian), archived from the original on 30 January 2020