lanoso
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Etymology
From Latin lānōsus. By surface analysis, lana + -oso.
Pronunciation
Adjective
lanoso (feminine lanosa, masculine plural lanosi, feminine plural lanose)
- covered in wool
- Synonym: lanuto
- (by extension) lanate (covered in woolly hairs)
- 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto III”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 97–99; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
- Quinci fuor quete le lanose gote
al nocchier de la livida palude,
che ’ntorno a li occhi avea di fiamme rote.- Henceforth went quiet the lanate cheeks of the black swamp's helmsman, who had circles of flames around his eyes.
- (botany) lanate
- Synonym: lanato
- woolly (having a wool-like texture or appearance)
Related terms
Further reading
- lanoso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Adjective
lānōsō
Etymology
From Latin lānōsus. By surface analysis, lã (“wool”) + -oso (“-ous”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: la‧no‧so
Adjective
lanoso (feminine lanosa, masculine plural lanosos, feminine plural lanosas, metaphonic)
Related terms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
lanoso (feminine lanosa, masculine plural lanosos, feminine plural lanosas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “lanoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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