gazmoño

Spanish

FWOTD – 23 March 2013

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /ɡaθˈmoɲo/ [ɡaθ̬ˈmo.ɲo]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ɡasˈmoɲo/ [ɡazˈmo.ɲo]
Rhymes: -oɲo
Syllabification: gaz‧mo‧ño

Adjective

gazmoño (feminine gazmoña, masculine plural gazmoños, feminine plural gazmoñas)

prudish, sanctimonious
- 2006 (originally 1893), Rafael Delgado, Angelina, Echo Library, page 20:
  Permanecía con la vista baja, con cierto aire gazmoño, sí, gazmoño, que no me causó buena impresión.
  He kept his sight down, with a certain sanctimonious air, yes, sanctimonious, which didn’t give me a good impression.

Further reading

“gazmoño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.