louzán

Galician

Etymology

Debated. From Galician-Portuguese loução, from *lautiano, derived either from Gothic 𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (flauts, “boastful, conceited”), from Proto-Germanic *flautaz, or from Latin lautus (“washed; refined”) (compare louza (“dishware”). Older meanings favour the Germanic origin, but the loss of the initial f- would be irregular.

Cognate with Portuguese loução and Spanish lozano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (standard) /lowˈθaŋ/, (western) /lowˈsaŋ/, (eastern) /lowˈθao̯/

Adjective

1. (dated) proud, haughty, conceited
   • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 97:

     Et muyto he agora loução por que esta uez vençeu os mouros

     He is now very proud because this time he defeated the Moors

2. having a fresh and healthy appearance, lush
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 230:

     este Pares foy o mays fremoso home et o mays loução et mays ensynado que ouuo ẽno mũdo

     this Paris was the handsomest, the lushest, and the most learned man that ever existed in the world

   Synonym: vizoso

Derived terms

• Louzán, a surname
• louzanía (“lushness”)

References

• “loução” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLlink titleI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “louç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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