noioso Italian · revision 38835

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=borrowing|attested=12th century, Gerardo Patecchio|origins=la odium}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /noˈjo.zo/, /noˈjo.so/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''noioso''' (feminine noiosa, masculine plural noiosi, feminine plural noiose, superlative noiosissimo)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old forms include [[roa-oit|noglioso]], [[roa-oit|noiozo]], [[roa-oit|noiuso]] and [[roa-oit|nuioso]].^(GDLI)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is most probably [[bor|pro|enojos]], from [[la-lat|inodiōsus|t=hateful]], made with an intensive [[m|la|in-]] on [[m|la|odium|t=hatred]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)^(Wiktionary)^(DEI|2594) GRADIT instead derives it in Italian from [[noia]] with the suffix [[-oso]], comparing the Occitan word, and Zingarelli gives the Latin as a reconstructed [[la-vul|*inodiōsus]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010) The same Late Latin word gave [[fr|ennuyeux]].^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is the 12th-century Cremonese poet Gerardo Patecchio, in the sense “causing annoyance or vexation”.^(DELI 1999) Patecchio warns against keeping company with a ''femena noiosa'', a tiresome woman.^(GDLI)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In early poetry the word was strong: Rustico Filippi speaks of the ''noiosa gente'', the hostile people who wish him to die, and Dante in the ''Vita nuova'' has Beatrice refuse her greeting fearing the poet might be ''noiosa'', a cause of offence.^(GDLI) Boccaccio used it for what causes grief and torment, ''mille noiosi pensieri'', a sense now obsolete or literary.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ In modern Italian ''noioso'' is above all “boring”, said of a lesson, a book or a person, and also “annoying, troublesome”, of a pain or a wind.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) As a noun it is a bore.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 12th century – Gerardo Patecchio uses ''noiosa''.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI)

+ * 1283–1293 – Dante uses it in the ''Vita nuova''.^(GDLI)

+ * 14th century – Boccaccio uses it for “painful, tormenting”.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ * 17th century – ''Noiosità'' is recorded.^(DEI|2594)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|boring]], [[m|en|tedious]]: ''un viaggio lungo e noioso''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # Of a person, tiresome, annoying: ''Non essere così noioso!''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Troublesome, [[m|en|irritating]]: ''un noioso mal di schiena''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(literary, obsolete)'' Painful, causing grief.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|bore]], a tiresome person: ''Sei proprio un noioso.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[noiosità]]

+ * [[noiosamente]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[annoiare]]

+ * [[noia]]

+ * [[odio]]

+ * [[pro|enojos]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}