"moroso" meaning in Italian

See moroso in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /moˈro.zo/ Forms: morosa [feminine], morosi [masculine, plural], morose [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ozo Etymology: From Late Latin morōsus. Etymology templates: {{der|it|la-lat|morōsus}} Late Latin morōsus Head templates: {{it-adj}} moroso (feminine morosa, masculine plural morosi, feminine plural morose)
  1. defaulting, in arrears
    Sense id: en-moroso-it-adj-I7Ef8Oed
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /moˈro.zo/ Forms: morosi [plural], morosa [feminine]
Rhymes: -ozo Etymology: From Late Latin morōsus. Etymology templates: {{der|it|la-lat|morōsus}} Late Latin morōsus Head templates: {{it-noun|m|f=+}} moroso m (plural morosi, feminine morosa)
  1. defaulter Tags: masculine Related terms: mora, morosità
    Sense id: en-moroso-it-noun-~QgCZNWY Categories (other): Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 20 2 20 13 18 1 2 1 20 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 8 55 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /moˈro.zo/ Forms: morosi [plural], morosa [feminine]
Rhymes: -ozo Etymology: Apheretic form of amoroso, from amore (“love”). Etymology templates: {{apheretic form|it|amoroso}} Apheretic form of amoroso Head templates: {{it-noun|m|f=+}} moroso m (plural morosi, feminine morosa)
  1. (regional, northern Italy) boyfriend, lover, sweetheart Tags: Italy, Northern, masculine, regional Synonyms: innamorato, fidanzato
    Sense id: en-moroso-it-noun-oDq~RHl4 Categories (other): Northern Italian, Regional Italian, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 20 2 20 13 18 1 2 1 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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