mogio
See also: mộ gió
Italian
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Venetian mogio (“soaked, damp”), ultimately from Vulgar Latin *molliāre (“to soak”), from Latin mollis (“soft”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.d͡ʒo/
- Rhymes: -ɔdʒo
- Hyphenation: mò‧gio
Adjective
mogio (feminine mogia, masculine plural mogi, feminine plural mogie or moge)
- sluggish, listless, depressed, downcast, disheartened, crestfallen, dejected
Further reading
- mogio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana