eixut

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin exsūctus, perfect passive participle of exsūgō (compare Occitan eissuch, Spanish enjuto, Portuguese enxuto, Italian asciutto), from ex + sūgō.

Pronunciation

Adjective

eixut (feminine eixuta, masculine plural eixuts, feminine plural eixutes)

  1. dry, dried off
    Synonym: sec
  2. arid, drought-stricken (of land)
  3. dry, dried up (unable to give milk)
    una vaca seca ― a dry cow
  4. dry (of wine)
    Antonym: dolç
  5. dry, plain
  6. (figurative) curt, sparing, blunt
  7. (figurative) taciturn (of people)

Noun

eixut m (plural eixuts)

  1. dryness of the soil caused by drought

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