mortiço

Portuguese

Etymology

From morte +‎ -iço.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /moʁˈt͡ʃi.su/ [mohˈt͡ʃi.su]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /moɾˈt͡ʃi.su/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /moʁˈt͡ʃi.su/ [moχˈt͡ʃi.su]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /moɻˈt͡ʃi.so/

  • Hyphenation: mor‧ti‧ço

Adjective

mortiço (feminine mortiça, masculine plural mortiços, feminine plural mortiças)

  1. dull, dim, lifeless
    • 1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho:
      Através das pálpebras fechadas, quando por várias vezes acordou durante a noite, percebera a mortiça claridade das lâmpadas que mal iluminavam a camarata, […]
      Through closed eyelids she could, when she woke up several times during the night, perceive the dim clearness of the lights, which badly illuminated the dormitory, […]

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