usuc

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Romanian

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Etymology 1

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see usca.

Verb

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usuc

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of usca

Etymology 2

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Unknown. Possibly from the verb usca or alternatively from Latin sucus, contaminated with the former (see also suc, which may be a borrowed doublet). Another theory suggests an Ancient Greek root *οἴσυκος (*oísukos) < οἴσυπος (oísupos).

Noun

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usuc n (plural usucuri)

  1. (rare, regional) sebum, an oily substance covering the wool sheared from a sheep, which is then washed off
  2. (rare, regional) the dirty water consisting of this washed out material
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