esmorecer

Unknown. From Old Galician-Portuguese esmorecer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from esmorir (“to faint”) +‎ -ecer, possibly from Vulgar Latin emorescĕre, frequentative of Latin ēmori, ēmorior (“I die (out)”), from Latin morior (“to die”), whence Galician morrer (“to die”); but note also Old English smorian (“to choke, suffocate”). Cognate to Portuguese esmorecer and Spanish esmorecer.

• IPA^(key): /esmoɾeˈθeɾ/, (western) /esmoɾeˈseɾ/

esmorecer (first-person singular present esmorezo, first-person singular preterite esmorecín, past participle esmorecido)
esmorecer (first-person singular present esmoreço, first-person singular preterite esmorecim or esmoreci, past participle esmorecido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (intransitive) to falter, wilt

   Antonym: desesmorecer

2. (intransitive) to decay, wither
3. (intransitive) to faint
   • c. 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 288:

     Et esmoresçeu en tal maneyra que pouco nẽ moyto nõ suspiraua nẽ saya d'ela folgo.

     And she fainted in such a way that, neither much nor little, she didn't sigh nor breathe

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esmorecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esmor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esmorecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “esmorecer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esmorecer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “esmorecer” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esmorecer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Vulgar Latin emorescĕre, frequentative of Latin ēmori, ēmorior (“to die (out)”),^[1] from Latin morior (“to die”), whence Portuguese morrer (“to die”); but note also Old English smorian (“to choke, suffocate”). Cognate to Galician and Spanish esmorecer.

• Hyphenation: es‧mo‧re‧cer

esmorecer (first-person singular present esmoreço, first-person singular preterite esmoreci, past participle esmorecido)

1. (transitive) to dishearten; discourage

   Synonym: desalentar

2. (intransitive) to falter; wilt

   Synonym: desanimar

From Vulgar Latin emorescĕre, frequentative of Latin ēmori, ēmorior (“to die (out)”), from Latin morior (“to die”), whence Spanish murrir (“to die”); but note also Old English smorian (“to choke, suffocate”). Cognate to Galician esmorecer and Portuguese esmorecer.

• IPA^(key): /esmoɾeˈθeɾ/ [ez.mo.ɾeˈθeɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /esmoɾeˈseɾ/ [ez.mo.ɾeˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: es‧mo‧re‧cer

esmorecer (first-person singular present esmorezco, first-person singular preterite esmorecí, past participle esmorecido)

1. (intransitive, reflexive, Andalusia, Cantabria, Venezuela) to falter; wilt

   Synonyms: desfallecer, esmorecerse

• “esmorecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024