spirlavatu

Sicilian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *experlavātus. By surface analysis, s- +‎ pir- +‎ lavatu.

Adjective

spirlavatu (feminine singular spirlavata, masculine and feminine plural spirlavati)

1. (of ground) washed away by a flood
2. (of a color) pale, dull

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “spirlavatu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3988