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单词 mesquino
释义

mesquino

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

  • misquino (pre-literary)
  • mezquino, meçquino

Etymology

From Arabic مِسْكِين‎ (miskīn, poor). First attested with the pre-literary spelling misquinos (plural) in the 10th/11th-century San Millan glosses.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mesˈkino/

Adjective

mesquino

  1. poor (lacking money)

Noun

mesquino m

  1. beggar, homeless person
    • 10th or 11th century, anonymous, San Millan glosses , (as quoted by Coromines and Pascual):
      qui... pauperibus reddet : qui dat a los misquinos
      ...who gives to the beggars...

Descendants

  • Spanish: mezquino

Further reading

  • Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1985), “mezquino”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 62-63
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