freima

Galician

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin phlegma, from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma). Doublet of flegma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɾejmɐ]

Noun

freima f (plural freimas)

1. (archaic) phlegm

   Synonym: flegma

   • 1723, Anselmo Feixó e Montenegro, E vós non vedes a teima?:

     E Vos non vedes à teima
     En que deu à mia gente,
     Que ey de glossar de repente
     Sin ter geño nin freima:
     Vàn à Madril eu a Reyma,

     Don't you see the idée fixe
     my people have caught
     that I'm going to gloss at the moment
     having no genius or phlegm?
     They are going to Madrid, I to the paper,

Related terms

• flegma
• flegmón

 

References

• “freima” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “freima” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.