dezmodrado

Ladino

Alternative forms

  • desmodrado

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish desmoderado, from des- + Latin moderārī (regulate, restrain, moderate).

Adjective

dezmodrado (Hebrew spelling דיזמודראדו)[1]

  1. eccentric; quirky; strange; unusual
    Synonyms: ekséntriko, shapshal, shudula
    • (Can we date this quote?), Folkmasa[1]:
      Se metio un fustan dezmodrado ke le esta kitando el nur
      [Somebody] put on [such] a strange dress that she is no longer beautiful.

References

  1. ^ dezmodrado”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim