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duios

Pronunciation: /duˈjos/

“duios” is a Romanian word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. doleful, sorrowful, woeful
  2. tender, soft
  3. fond, endearing, loving

In Romanian

  1. mișcător, emoționant.
  2. mângâietor, blând, dulce.
  3. sentimental, afectiv.
  4. iubitor.
  5. jalnic, trist.

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *doliōsus, ultimately from Latin dolor or dolēre. Compare Italian doglioso, Friulian duliôs. Also possibly from an unattested, lost Romanian word *doi, from Vulgar Latin *dolium, from Latin cordolium.

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