leamaro

Venetan

Etymology

See leame (“manure, dung”).

The variation luamaro may have been borrowed from French lieu amer (literally “bitter place”), a metaphorical slang term which refers to a toilet, introduced into the Venetan language by Napoleon's soldiers.

Noun

leamaro m (plural leamari)

1. cesspool, pigsty, pigpen (a messy, untidy and dirty place)
2. dungheap