muermo

English

Etymology

From Spanish muermo.

Noun

muermo (plural muermos)

  1. Eucryphia cordifolia, a South American tree.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin morbus (“disease, illness”). Doublet of morbo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmweɾmo/ [ˈmweɾ.mo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾmo
  • Syllabification: muer‧mo

Noun

muermo m (plural muermos)

  1. (veterinary medicine) glanders
  2. (colloquial) a bore
  3. (colloquial) boredom
  4. drug-induced lethargy
    • 1631, Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio, La noche de San Juan:
      El bajo ha sido jarro
      y agora tiene muermo,
      la tercera cruel canta de enfermo.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  5. Eucryphia cordifolia, a South American tree.

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