escolleito

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese escolleyto (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from escoller (to select).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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escolleito (feminine escolleita, masculine plural escolleitos, feminine plural escolleitas)

  1. selected, chosen
    Synonym: escollido
    • 1502, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro y su colección diplomática en la Edad Media, Sada / A Coruña: Ediciós do Castro, page 351:
      quatro tẽẽgas de castañas secas e linpas e escolleytas
      four bushels of dry, clean and selected chestnuts
  2. picky

Participle

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escolleito (feminine escolleita, masculine plural escolleitos, feminine plural escolleitas)

  1. (irregular) past participle of escoller

References

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