mixiriqueiro

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Galician[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From mexericas +‎ -eiro.

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Adjective[edit]

mixiriqueiro (feminine mixiriqueira, masculine plural mixiriqueiros, feminine plural mixiriqueiras)

  1. (archaic) gossipy
    • 18th century, anonymous, (folksong):
      Paxaro mixiriqueiro
      heiche de cortar o pico
      porque levas os recados
      adonde está don Benito
      gossipy bird
      I will cut your beak
      because you carry the messages
      to where master Benito is
  2. whiny
    • 1842, Juan Manuel Pintos, Meu querido pai:
      D’aqui a poucos días
      Que se erguera creo
      Pois non è de casta
      De mixiriqueiros.
      In a few days
      she'll get up, I think,
      because she's not from the species
      of the whiny [ones]
    Synonym: choromicas

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