Venetian edit

Etymology edit

See leame (manure, dung).

The variation luamaro may have been borrowed from French lieu amer (literally bitter place), a metaphorical slang term which refers to a toilet, introduced into the Venetian language by Napoleon's soldiers.

Noun edit

leamaro m (plural leamari)

  1. cesspool, pigsty, pigpen (a messy, untidy and dirty place)
  2. dungheap