morbido

See also: mórbido

Italian

Alternative forms

• mormido (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin morbidum (“sick”), from Latin morbus (“disease, illness”); as sickness makes one feeble, in Italo-Romance the meaning evolved into “limp, flabby”, and thence into “tender”, “delicate”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔr.bi.do/
• Rhymes: -ɔrbido
• Hyphenation: mòr‧bi‧do

Adjective

morbido (feminine morbida, masculine plural morbidi, feminine plural morbide, superlative morbidissimo)

1. soft, tender, mellow

   Synonyms: soffice, tenero

   matita morbida, matita dura ― soft pencil, hard pencil

2. (figuratively) docile, compliant

   Synonyms: arrendevole, docile

Usage notes

• The translation of morbid (“related to disease”) is morboso.

Antonyms

• duro

Noun

morbido m (plural morbidi)

1. soft place

Derived terms

• ammorbidare
• ammorbidire
• immorbidare
• immorbidire
• morbida (noun)
• morbidamente
• morbidare
• morbidello
• morbidezza
• morbidiccio
• morbidire
• morbidità
• morbidone
• morbidore
• morbidume
• rammorbidare
• rammorbidire

Anagrams

• imbrodo, imbrodò

Latin

Adjective

morbidō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of morbidus