A Spanish or Italian adjective meaning drooling, slobbery, or having excessive saliva.
From Spanish/Italian 'bava' (saliva, drool) plus the adjectival suffix '-oso/-osa,' meaning 'full of' or 'characterized by.' The root 'bava' is related to French 'baver' (to drool) and shares Indo-European origins with similar words.
Bavoso is a charmingly specific Romance language adjective—only Spanish and Italian speakers preserve this word for describing the particular unattractiveness of someone drooling excessively, showing how different languages cultivate vocabulary for everyday unpleasant situations.
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