encarcarat

Perhaps from earlier enarquerat, from arc (“bow”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋ.kər.kəˈɾat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eŋ.kaɾ.kaˈɾat]

encarcarat (feminine encarcarada, masculine plural encarcarats, feminine plural encarcarades)

1. stiff, rigid, inflexible

• “encarcarat”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007