pezoñento

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 15th century (poçoenta). From pezoña +‎ -ento. Cognate with Portuguese peçonhento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [peθoˈɲentʊ]

Adjective

pezoñento (feminine pezoñenta, masculine plural pezoñentos, feminine plural pezoñentas)

1. poisonous, venomous; infected

   Synonym: velenoso

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 119:

     ffazese nas costas do Cauallo hũa door que faz jnchaço grande et geerase daquel jnchaço carnes podres, et esto ven da sella que he maa ou do gran carrego que o preme moito, et aas vezes dura moito este jnchaço, fazese ende hũa peça de carne poçoenta que chega aos osos et sal vinino ou agooa.

     There appear in the sides of the horse an ache that produces a large swelling and that swelling creates rotten flesh, and this is because of the saddle, that is of poor quality, or from the large load that presses much, and sometimes this swelling lasts for a long time; it then appears a piece of venomous flesh that reaches the bones, and pus or water comes out of it

Related terms

• pezoña

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “poçoenta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pezoñento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pezoñento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega