disgustoso Italian · revision 39219

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=before 1685, Daniello Bartoli|origins=la gustus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /diz.ɡusˈto.zo/, /diz.ɡusˈto.so/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''disgustoso''' (feminine disgustosa, masculine plural disgustosi, feminine plural disgustose)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|it|disgusto|-oso]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) The noun [[disgusto]] “disgust” (1581–1582, Remigio Nannini) is made of the prefix [[dis-]] and [[gusto|t=taste]];^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary also allows a back-formation from the verb [[disgustare]] and compares [[fr|dégoût]].^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) The second element continues [[la|gustus|t=taste]], which de Vaan traces to [[ine-pro|*ǵéwstus|alt=*ǵus-tu-|t=taste]], from the root [[ine-pro|*ǵews-|t=to taste]] that also gave [[grc|γεύομαι|tr=geúomai|t=to taste]] and [[got|𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽|tr=kiusan|t=to test]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is the Jesuit prose writer Daniello Bartoli, who died in 1685, with the sense “causing disgust”.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003) Zingarelli gives the earlier date 1659.^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Tommaseo's dictionary glosses it as “unpleasant, disagreeable”, used both literally and figuratively, with an example from Paolo Segneri's ''Il cristiano istruito'' on something unpleasant to take.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) Modern dictionaries separate physical revulsion, for a food, a smell or a taste, from moral repugnance, for behaviour or proposals.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) In colloquial use it can simply mean very bad.^(Zingarelli 2010) The adverb is ''disgustosamente''.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1581–1582 – Remigio Nannini uses the noun ''disgusto''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1617 – Giovanni Botero uses the verb ''disgustare''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1659 – Zingarelli's date for ''disgustoso''.^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ * Before 1685 – Daniello Bartoli uses ''disgustoso''.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|disgusting]], [[m|en|revolting]]: causing physical repulsion or nausea: ''un odore disgustoso''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(figurative)'' Morally repugnant, shameful: ''Il suo comportamento con la madre è stato disgustoso.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(by extension)'' Very bad, awful: ''un vino disgustoso''.^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[disgustosamente]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[disgusto]]

+ * [[disgustare]]

+ * [[gusto]]

+ * [[gustoso]]

+ * [[nauseante]]

+ * [[ripugnante]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}