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petaloso.

petalous, petalsome (full of petals)

8 characters4 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

adj/pe.taˈlo.zo//pe.taˈlo.so/
  1. petalous, petalsome (full of petals)

    colloquial · neologism · rare
Where this word comes from

Coined by an eight-year-old schoolboy in a written assignment in February 2016, from petalo (“petal”) + -oso (“-y, -ful, -some”). It became a topic of public discussion when the boy's teacher asked the Accademia della Crusca for an official opinion on the word's validity. While the word is morphologically well-formed, its lack of widespread use by native speakers prevented its recognition into the official dictionaries of the Crusca.

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