malmostoso

Italian

Etymology

Derived from Lombard malmostos (“surly, grumpy”, literally “badly juicy”), derived from mal (“badly”) +‎ mostos (“producing must; juicy”, adjective). By surface analysis, mal- +‎ mostoso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mal.moˈsto.zo/
• Rhymes: -ozo
• Hyphenation: mal‧mo‧stó‧so

Adjective

malmostoso (feminine malmostosa, masculine plural malmostosi, feminine plural malmostose)

1. (chiefly northern Italy) peevish, cantankerous, surly

   Synonyms: scontroso, scorbutico

References

• malmostoso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana