lurido

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lūridus (“pale yellow, wan, sallow; ghastly”). Compare the inherited doublet lordo (“dirty”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.ri.do/
  • Rhymes: -urido
  • Hyphenation: lù‧ri‧do

Adjective

lurido (feminine lurida, masculine plural luridi, feminine plural luride)

  1. filthy, foul

Derived terms

Further reading
  • lurido in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

lūridō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of lūridus
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