esquisitice
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- exquisitice (pre-standardization spelling)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.ki.ziˈt͡ʃi.si/, /es.ki.ziˈt͡ʃi.si/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.ki.ziˈt͡ʃi.si/, /eʃ.ki.ziˈt͡ʃi.si/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.ki.ziˈt͡ʃi.se/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.ki.ziˈti.sɨ/, /(i)ʃ.kɨ.ziˈti.sɨ/
- Rhymes: -isi, -isɨ
- Hyphenation: es‧qui‧si‧ti‧ce
Noun
esquisitice f (countable and uncountable, plural esquisitices)
- (uncountable) weirdness (state or quality of being weird)
- (countable) oddity (odd or strange thing or opinion)
- 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Fabiano”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 29:
- Exquisitice um homem remediado ser cortez.
- What a weird thing, for a learned man to be humble.
Further reading
- “esquisitice”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “esquisitice”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “esquisitice”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “esquisitice”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025