escolleito

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese escolleyto (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from escoller (“to select”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskoˈʎejto̝/

Adjective

escolleito (feminine escolleita, masculine plural escolleitos, feminine plural escolleitas)

1. selected, chosen
   • 1502, M. Lucas Álvarez & P. Lucas Domínguez (eds.), El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro y su colección diplomática en la Edad Media. Sada / A Coruña: Ediciós do Castro, page 351:

     quatro tẽẽgas de castañas secas e linpas e escolleytas

     four bushels of dry, clean and selected chestnuts

   Synonym: escollido

2. picky

Verb

1. irregular masculine singular past participle of escoller

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “escolleyt”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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