noxo

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese nojo, deverbal from anoxar, from Vulgar Latin inodiō, from Latin odium (“hatred”). Cognate with Portuguese nojo, Spanish enojo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoʃo̝/

Noun

noxo m (plural noxos)

1. disgust; revulsion

   Que noxo!

   Disgusting!

2. anger
3. (archaic) detriment

Derived terms

• noxento
• noxoso

References

• “nojo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “noio” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “nojo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “noxo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “noxo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “noxo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin

Verb

noxō

1. (Old Latin) first-person singular sigmatic future active indicative of noceō

Usage notes

See explanation at noceō.