gregal
English
editEtymology
editAdjective
editgregal (not comparable)
- (rare) Pertaining to, or like, a flock.
- 1658 [a. 1604], Thomas Muffet, “The Theatre of Insects: Or, of lesser living creatures”, in The History of Four-footed Beasts, Serpents, and Insects […][1], page 921:
- Now the Wasp is a winged Insect, gregal or hearding round like a ring, long, having four wings […]
- 1660, O. Cromwells Thankes to the Lord Generall, Faithfully presented by Hugh Peters In another Conference[2], page 2:
- The old Proverb is very true, Birds of a Feather, will flock together: And so will gregal Beasts too.
- 1873, William Starbuck Mayo, Never Again[3], page 86:
- But for this gregal conformity there is, as I have said, a cause and an excuse.
- 1960, T. T. Paterson, Glasgow Limited: A Case-Study in Industrial War and Peace, page 15:
- Whereas the turbate group can roughly be said to be irrational and unorganised, the gregal group may be described loosely as irrational yet organised.
Further reading
edit- “gregal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editFrom grec + -al, replacing earlier vent grec (“Greek wind”), a denomination probably originating in Sicily (which lies southwest of Greece).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgregal m (plural gregals)
- northeast
- a northeast wind
- 1953, Josep Pla, Les hores:
- En el meu llibre El vent de garbí he parlat llargament de la rotació dels vents seguint el camí del sol: el gregal del matí arrossegant sobre els seus lloms tritons i sirenes, cargols d'escuma, lluïssors rutilants, olor de pinassa, posant frescor de verd en les persianes; el xaloc petitet —el xaloquet de la Crònica de Muntaner— asfixiat pel sol meridià; el llebeig o garbí de l'hora de posar l'arròs a taula.
- In my book The southwest wind I spoke at length about the rotation of the winds following the path of the sun: the northeast wind of morning dragging over its loins tritons and sirens, spirals of foam, sparking brightness, the scent of pine, putting the freshness of greenery in the blinds; the small sirocco--the "xaloquet" of the Chronicle of Muntaner--asphyxiated by the midday sun; the southwest wind of the hour when rice is set on the table.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “gregal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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