bellugadís

Catalan

Etymology

By surface analysis, bellugat +‎ -ís.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bellugadís (feminine bellugadissa, masculine plural bellugadissos, feminine plural bellugadisses)

  1. restless, fidgety
    Synonyms: inquiet, malestatger
  2. loose, rickety
  3. flickering
    • 1986, Ferran Canyameres, Més enllà del rancor, Editorial Laertes, page 43:
      L'Anna llegia al fons de l'entrada, davant d'una taula de petges tortes i a la claror bellugadissa d'un llum d'acetilè penjat a la paret i que trencava el silenci amb una mena de ranera de gat.
      Anna was reading at the far side of the entrance, in front of a table with twisted legs and in the flickering brightness of an acetylene lamp hanging on the wall and which cut the silence with a sound like a wheezing cat.

Noun

bellugadís m (plural bellugadissos)

  1. quaking grass
    Synonym: belluguet

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