ignavo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ignavu(m) (“inactive, inert”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɲˈɲa.vo/
• Rhymes: -avo
• Hyphenation: i‧gnà‧vo

Adjective

ignavo (feminine ignava, masculine plural ignavi, feminine plural ignave)

1. said of a person who doesn't have moral strength, who is inert when choices need to be taken

   Synonyms: vile, codardo

2. (by extension) slothful, indolent

Noun

ignavo m (plural ignavi, feminine ignava)

1. a person who doesn't have moral strength, who is inert when choices need to be taken

   Synonyms: vile, codardo

2. (by extension) sluggard

Related terms

• ignavia

Anagrams

• Gavino, Viganò, gavoni, navigo, navigò, vagoni, vigano

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) ignāvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ignāvus