leamaro

Venetian

Etymology

See leame (“manure, dung”).

The variation luamaro may have been borrowed from French lieu amer (literally “bitter place”), a metaphorical slang term which refers to a toilet, introduced into the Venetian language by Napoleon's soldiers.

Noun

leamaro m (plural leamari)

  1. cesspool, pigsty, pigpen (a messy, untidy and dirty place)
  2. dungheap
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