morriñento

Galician

Etymology

From morriña (“murrain; homesickness”) +‎ -ento. Cognate with Portuguese morrinhento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moriˈɲɛnto̝/

Adjective

morriñento (feminine morriñenta, masculine plural morriñentos, feminine plural morriñentas)

1. (figurative) melancholic
2. (figurative) suffering homesickness
3. (figurative, of the weather) drizzly
4. murrained
5. dirty
6. weakened

Related terms

• morriña

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “morriñento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “morriñento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “morriñento”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN