morredizo

Galician

Etymology

From morrer (“to die”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moreˈðiθʊ]

Adjective

morredizo (feminine morrediza, masculine plural morredizos, feminine plural morredizas)

1. dying

   Antonym: inmorrente

2. decaying
   • 1877, O tío Marcos da Portela, number 27, page 108:

     O Auntamiento enteiro está dormindo... Punto redondo. Siguennos dando carne morrediza (¿Dixenvos carne? Non; évos carniza.) Os buxeos qu'están decote altivos, Dá-na chea de ósos, cara e mala Feita d'encargo pra matar a vivos. O Concexal non fala: ¿Por qué diaños será?

     "The whole Town Council is asleep... That's it. We are still fed with decaying meat (Did I say meat? No; that's carrion.) Butchers, always so haughty, give it full of bones, expensive and bad, custom-made for killing the living ones. The Councillor says nothing: Why on earth?"

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “morredizo”, 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), “morredizo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “morredizo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN