pegasse

English

Etymology

Possibly from a corruption of dialectical variants of peat grass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈɡæs/, /pəˈɡɑs/

Noun

pegasse (uncountable)

1. Peat; dark, spongy, acidic, soil of decomposed vegetation (peat), especially in Guyana.
   • 2015, Ramesh Gampat, Guyana: from Slavery to the Present, volume 2:

     The swampland is an extensive pegasse swamp, which is rich in organic matter and intensely acidic.

Derived terms

• pegassy, pegassey

Further reading

• Richard Allsopp, Jeannette Allsopp, Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage (2003), page 435

Anagrams

• pesages

Galician

Verb

pegasse

1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of pegar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈɡa.si/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈɡa.si/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈɡa.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈɡa.sɨ/ [pɨˈɣa.sɨ]

Verb

pegasse

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of pegar