grazioso

Borrowed from Italian grazioso (“graceful”), from Latin grātiōsus (“agreeable, popular”), from grātia (“grace”). Doublet of gracioso and gracious.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɹɑtsiˈoʊsoʊ/, /ˌɡɹɑtsiˈoʊzoʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊsəʊ, -əʊzəʊ
• Hyphenation: gra‧zi‧o‧so

grazioso (comparative more grazioso, superlative most grazioso)

1. (music) graceful, flowing

grazioso (comparative more grazioso, superlative most grazioso)

1. (music) gracefully, flowingly

Borrowed from Latin grātiōsus (“agreeable, popular”), from grātia (“grace”) + -ōsus (“-y, -ous”). By surface analysis, grazia +‎ -oso. Cognate to English gracious, French gracieux, Norman grâcieux, Romanian grațios, Spanish and Portuguese gracioso, Catalan graciós.

• IPA^(key): /ɡratˈt͡sjo.zo/, (traditional) /ɡratˈt͡sjo.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: gra‧zió‧so

grazioso (feminine graziosa, masculine plural graziosi, feminine plural graziose, superlative graziosissimo)

1. cute, pretty, nice, graceful

   Synonyms: carino, aggraziato

   Antonym: sgraziato

2. delightful, graceful

   Synonyms: fine, elegante, pregevole, raffinato, squisito

   Antonyms: dozzinale, grossolano, ordinario

3. (literary) kind, gracious

   Synonyms: affabile, amabile, cordiale, cortese, gentile

   Antonyms: scortese, sgarbato, sguaiato

4. (literary, poetic) gracious, merciful, compassionate

   Synonyms: bendisposto, benevolo, benigno, disponibile

5. (music) grazioso

• graziosamente
• graziosità

Unadapted borrowing from Italian grazioso.

grazioso

1. grazioso