máxico

Galician

Alternative forms

• mágico (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Attested since circa 1350 (magica). Learned borrowing from Latin magicus. Doublet of meigo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʃiko/ [ˈma̠.ʃi.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -aʃiko
• Hyphenation: má‧xi‧co

Adjective

máxico (feminine máxica, masculine plural máxicos, feminine plural máxicas)

1. magical
2. magic

Related terms

• mago
• maxia
• meiga
• meigallo
• meigaría

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “magico”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “magic”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “máxico”, 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), “máxico”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “máxico”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026