ignavo

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin ignāvus (“lazy, cowardly”).

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

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[edit]

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[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

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ignāvus
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