rauxa
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Along with Occitan rauja (“rage”) from Late Latin rabia from Classical Latin rabiēs (“rage”). The appearance of x in place of j likely due to raixa (“a violent emotion”). Doublet of ràbia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rauxa f (plural rauxes)
- rashness; sudden action taken without forethought
- Antonym: seny
- 2016, Josep Monserrat, Ignasi Roviró, Societat Catalana de Filosofia, editors, La festa, page 171:
- Aquesta festa, de fet, no comporta un qüestionament dels rols socials, no està lligada al lloc i no té res a transmetre, s'exhaureix completament en la rauxa del present […]
This festival, in fact, does not involve questioning of social roles, is not tied to the place and has nothing to transmit, is completely exhausted in the frenzied action of the present […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References edit
- “rauxa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Further reading edit
- “rauxa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.