ontoso

Etymology

From Old French honteux (“ashamed”; “shameful”).
Equivalent to onta (“shame”) +‎ -oso (“-ous”, “-ful”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /onˈto.zo/, [on̪ˈt̪oːz̪o]
• Stress: ontóso
• Hyphenation: on‧to‧so

Adjective

ontoso (feminine singular ontosa, masculine plural ontosi, feminine plural ontose) (obsolete)

1. shameful, injurious
   • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback, in Italian), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto VII, lines 31-33, page 108:

     Così tornavan per lo cerchio tetro ¶ da ogne mano a l'opposito punto, ¶ gridandosi anche loro ontoso metro;

     Thus they returned along the lurid circle ¶ on either hand unto the opposite point, ¶ shouting their shameful metre evermore.

2. indignant, resentful
3. ashamed