male habitus
Latin
Etymology
From male (“badly, poorly”) + habitus (“had, kept”). Attested as early as Masurius Sabinus.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈma.le ˈha.bi.tus/, [ˈmäɫ̪ɛ ˈhäbɪt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈma.le ˈa.bi.tus/, [ˈmäːle ˈäːbit̪us]
Adjective
male habitus (feminine male habita, neuter male habitum); indeclinable portion with a first/second-declension adjective
Descendants
References
- ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 803: “je suis malade” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
- “malat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- "malavi" in Dissionàri Piemonteis
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “male habitus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 92
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