gazmoño

Spanish

FWOTD – 23 March 2013

Pronunciation

(z-s distinction) IPA^(key): [ɡaθ̬.ˈmo.ɲo]
(seseo merger) IPA^(key): [ɡaz.ˈmo.ɲo]

Adjective

gazmoño (feminine singular gazmoña, masculine plural gazmoños, feminine plural gazmoñas)

prudish, sanctimonious
- 2006 (originally 1893), Rafael Delgado, Angelina, Echo Library, page 20:
  Permanecía con la vista baja, con cierto aire gazmoño, sí, gazmoño, que no me causó buena impresión.
  He kept his sight down, with a certain sanctimonious air, yes, sanctimonious, which didn’t give me a good impression.

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