espeluxado

Galician

Alternative forms

• espenuxado

Etymology

From espeluxar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [espeluˈʃaðʊ]

Participle

espeluxado (feminine espeluxada, masculine plural espeluxados, feminine plural espeluxadas)

1. past participle of espeluxar

Adjective

espeluxado (feminine espeluxada, masculine plural espeluxados, feminine plural espeluxadas)

1. dishevelled
   • 1901, H. Pérez Placer, Contos da veira do lar, pag. 53:

     Por fin sepára-nas, unha sangrando i a outra espeluxada, namentras un fato de rapazallada as apoupa i as comadres do barrio comentan o caso

     They finally separate them, one bleeding and the other dishevelled, whilst a gang of youngsters encourage them and the other women of the neighbourhood comments the affair

   Synonyms: descabelado, desguedellado

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “espelu”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “espeluxado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “espeluxado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “espeluxado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN