piolloso

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1377. From piollo (“louse”) +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pioˈʎosʊ]

Adjective

piolloso (feminine piollosa, masculine plural piollosos, feminine plural piollosas)

1. lousy (all meanings)

   Synonym: piollento

Related terms

• piollo

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “peollos”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “piolloso”, 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), “piolloso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega