desgaire
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Catalan a escaire (“askew”), from escaire (“right angle”), from escairar (“to cut or set at right angles, to square”), from caire (“square”), from Latin quādrum (“square”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]desgaire m (plural desgaires)
- carelessness, slovenliness
- a dismissive gesture
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “desgaire”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014