morboso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin morbōsus (diseased), from morbus (disease).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /morˈbo.zo/, (traditional) /morˈbo.so/
  • Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
  • Hyphenation: mor‧bó‧so

Adjective

morboso (feminine morbosa, masculine plural morbosi, feminine plural morbose)

  1. morbid, sick, pathological

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin morbōsus (diseased), from morbus (disease).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moɾˈboso/ [moɾˈβ̞o.so]
  • Rhymes: -oso
  • Syllabification: mor‧bo‧so

Adjective

morboso (feminine morbosa, masculine plural morbosos, feminine plural morbosas)

  1. morbid, sick
  2. causing sickness, sickening
  3. (slang) (sexually) freaky

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