gazmoño

Spanish

FWOTD – 23 March 2013

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ɡaθˈmoɲo/ [ɡaθ̬ˈmo.ɲo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ɡasˈmoɲo/ [ɡazˈmo.ɲo]
• Rhymes: -oɲo
• Syllabification: gaz‧mo‧ño

Adjective

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

1. 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.

Further reading

• “gazmoño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28