appiccicoso
Italian
Etymology
From appiccicare (“to stick”) + -oso[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ap.pit.t͡ʃiˈko.zo/
- Rhymes: -ozo
- Hyphenation: ap‧pic‧ci‧có‧so
Adjective
appiccicoso (feminine appiccicosa, masculine plural appiccicosi, feminine plural appiccicose)
- sticky
- Synonyms: appiccicaticcio, attaccaticcio, colloso, vischioso
- (figurative, colloquial) clinging (of a person)
- Synonyms: appiccicaticcio, fastidioso, importuno, insistente, invadente
Derived terms
- appiccicosamente
References
- appiccicoso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana