cince de sătul
Romanian
Etymology
Literally, “satiated as a bedbug”. The noun cince is used adverbially and only survived in this expression.
Adjective
cince de sătul m or n (feminine singular cince de sătulă, masculine plural cince de sătuli, feminine and neuter plural cince de sătule)
- (Banat, simile) full as a tick
References
- Nicolae Drăganu (1920–1921) Dacoromania (in Romanian), volume 1, Cluj, page 293
Further reading
- Sextil Pușcariu, editor (1940), Dicționarul Limbii Române[1], volume 1, part 2, Bucharest, page 416
- “cince”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025