tirizó

Galician

FWOTD – 21 December 2018

Alternative forms

• cericol, chirizó, terizó, tirizol, torzón, tricó, trizó, trouzó, turizó

Etymology

Uncertain. Cognate with Portuguese terçol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiɾiˈθɔ/

Noun

tirizó m (plural tirizós)

1. (pathology) stye (bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid)

   Synonyms: orizó, toromelo

2. runt of a litter of piglets

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tirço”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tirizó”, 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), “tirizó”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tirizó”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN