ignavo
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin ignāvus (“lazy, cowardly”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ignavo (feminine ignava, masculine plural ignavi, feminine plural ignave)
- said of a person who doesn't have moral strength, who is inert when choices need to be taken
- (by extension) slothful, indolent
Noun
[edit]ignavo m (plural ignavi, feminine ignava)
- a person who doesn't have moral strength, who is inert when choices need to be taken
- (by extension) sluggard
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- ignavo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- ignavo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ignāvō
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