Rëmorss

Hunsrik

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese remorso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈmɔs/
• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Syllabification: Rë‧morss

Noun

Rëmorss m

1. remorse
   • 2020 December 8, Piter Kehoma Boll, transl., De Wollef un das Lamm‎^[1], translation of The Wolf and the Lamb by Aesop, via YouTube:

     En Wollef hod en Lamm gedroff, wo sich fun seiner Häerd fererd had. / De Wollef had awer Rëmorss, so en helleflose Kriatuer umsebringe ohne plausivle Ausrett.

     A wolf met a lamb that had strayed from its flock. The wolf, however, had remorse for killing such a helpless creature without a plausible excuse.

References

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Rëmorss”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 132, column 2