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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *admorticīre (with the prefix replaced by es-), variant form of *admortīre, derived from Latin mortuus (dead).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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esmorteir (first-person singular present esmorteeixo, first-person singular preterite esmorteí, past participle esmorteït)

  1. to muffle
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 6, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      El soroll de la maquinària ens arribava esmorteït, un carrisqueig de pèndol, més fort quan els vagons dels focus circulaven just damunt nostre, més lleu quan s'allunyaven.
      The sound of the machinery came to us muffled — the screeching of a pendulum: stronger when the focus carriages passed right overhead, less strong when they moved away.

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References

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  • “esmorteir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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