cince de sătul

Romanian

Etymology

Literally, “satiated as a bedbug”. The noun cince is used adverbially and only survived in this expression.

Adjective

cince de sătul m or n (feminine singular cince de sătulă, masculine plural cince de sătuli, feminine and neuter plural cince de sătule)

1. (Banat, simile) full as a tick

References

• Nicolae Drăganu (1920–1921) Dacoromania (in Romanian), volume 1, Cluj, page 293

Further reading

• Sextil Pușcariu, editor (1940), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[1], volume 1, part 2, Bucharest, page 416
• cince in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)