louzán

See also: Louzán and louzañ

Galician

Etymology

Debated. From Old Galician-Portuguese loução, from *lautiano, derived either from Gothic 𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (flauts, “boastful, conceited”), from Proto-Germanic *flautaz, or from Latin lautus (“washed; refined”) (compare louza (“dishware”). Older meanings favour the Germanic origin, but the loss of the initial f- would be irregular.

Cognate with Portuguese loução and Spanish lozano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (standard) /lowˈθaŋ/, (western) /lowˈsaŋ/, (eastern) /lowˈθao̯/

Adjective

louzán (feminine louzá, masculine plural louzáns, feminine plural louzás)

1. (dated) proud, haughty, conceited
   • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 97:

     Et muyto he agora loução por que esta uez vençeu os mouros

     He is now very proud because this time he defeated the Moors

2. having a fresh and healthy appearance, lush

   Synonym: vizoso

   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 230:

     este Pares foy o mays fremoso home et o mays loução et mays ensynado que ouuo ẽno mũdo

     this Paris was the handsomest, the lushest, and the most learned man that ever existed in the world

Derived terms

• Louzán, a surname
• louzanía (“lushness”)

References

• “loução” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLlink titleI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “louç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “louzan” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “louzán” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.