pegasse

English

Etymology

Possibly from a corruption of dialectical variants of peat grass.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəˈɡæs/, /pəˈɡɑs/[1]

Noun

pegasse (uncountable)

  1. Peat; dark, spongy, acidic, soil of decomposed vegetation (peat), especially in Guyana.
    • 2015, Ramesh Gampat, Guyana: from Slavery to the Present, volume 2:
      The swampland is an extensive pegasse swamp, which is rich in organic matter and intensely acidic.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Pegasse”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

Further reading

  • Richard Allsopp, Jeannette Allsopp, Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage (2003), page 435

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

pegasse

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of pegar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /peˈɡa.si/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /peˈɡa.se/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨˈɡa.sɨ/ [pɨˈɣa.sɨ]

Verb

pegasse

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of pegar
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