rosegaaltars

Verb-object compound, composed of rosega (“to gnaw”) +‎ altars (“altars”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ruˌzɛ.ɣə.əlˈtas]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [roˌzə.ɣə.əlˈtas]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [roˌze.ɣa.alˈtaɾs]

rosegaaltars m or f by sense (invariable)

1. sanctimonious person, hypocrite

   Synonym: xarrupallànties

• “rosegaaltars”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007