torticeiro

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese torticeyro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Blend of torto (“tort”) +‎ xusticeiro (“righteous”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [toɾtiˈθejɾʊ]

Adjective

torticeiro (feminine torticeira, masculine plural torticeiros, feminine plural torticeiras)

  1. (literary) tortious
    Antonym: xusticeiro

References
  • “torticeyro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “torti” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “torticeiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “torticeiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “torcer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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