gafedad

Inherited from Old Spanish gafedat, gaffedat, gafedad (c. 1200), from gafo (“leprous”) +‎ -dat. Equivalent to gafo +‎ -edad.

• IPA^(key): /ɡafeˈdad/ [ɡa.feˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: ga‧fe‧dad

gafedad f (countable and uncountable, plural gafedades)

1. (pathology, medicine) leprosy

• “gafedad”, 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
• “gafedad”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN