acusma

Italian

Etymology

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Noun

acusma f (plural acusme)

  1. acousma

Anagrams

Portuguese

Alternative forms
  • acuasma

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Greek ἄκουσμα (ἄkousma). First attested in 1871.[1] Cognate with Spanish acusma and Italian acusma.

Noun

acusma m (plural acusmas)

  1. (pathology) acousma (auditory hallucination)

References
  1. José Pedro Machado (1995), “Acusma”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), volume I, 7 edition, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 93
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