glorioso

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/ɡlɔːɹiˈəʊsəʊ/

noun

A boaster.

OriginItalian - →
Less commonScrabble 9
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Meanings

glorioso1

nounglorioso (plural gloriosos)

plural gloriosos

  1. obsoleteA boaster.

    giving credit to such a Glorioso

    a. 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

Glorioso2

proper nounGlorioso (plural Gloriosos)

plural Gloriosos

  1. A surname from Italian.

Origin

glorioso · noun

  1. Italian-
  2. Italian-
  3. Englishglorioso

Borrowed from Italian.

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Glorioso · proper noun

  1. ItalianGlorioso
  2. EnglishGlorioso

Borrowed from Italian Glorioso.

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APA

glorioso. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glorioso

MLA

“glorioso.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glorioso. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glorioso,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glorioso.

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