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glorioso

/ɡlɔːɹiˈəʊsəʊ/

glorioso noun: a boaster.

Noun

glorioso (plural gloriosos)

  1. (obsolete) A boaster.
    • giving credit to such a Gloriosoa. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC

Proper noun capitalized: Glorioso

Glorioso (plural Gloriosos)

  1. A surname from Italian.

Forms of glorioso

Noun
pluralgloriosos
Proper noun
pluralGloriosos

Origin of glorioso

Borrowed from Italian.

Borrowed from Italian Glorioso.

Questions about glorioso

What does glorioso mean?
Glorioso means a boaster.
What part of speech is glorioso?
Glorioso can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce glorioso?
Glorioso is pronounced /ɡlɔːɹiˈəʊsəʊ/.
What is the plural of glorioso?
The plural of glorioso is gloriosos.

Words near glorioso in the dictionary

  1. gloriosa daisies
  2. gloriosa daisy
  3. gloriosas
  4. gloriosity
  5. gloriosky
  6. glorioso
  7. gloriosos
  8. glorious
  9. Glorious Revolution
  10. Glorious Thirty
  11. Glorious Twelfth

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