gregal

English

Etymology

Latin gregalis.

Adjective

gregal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to, or like, a flock.
    • W. S. Mayo
      For this gregal conformity there is an excuse.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gregal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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Etymology

From grec +‎ -al, replacing earlier vent grec (“Greek wind”), a denomination probably originating in Sicily (which lies southwest of Greece).

Pronunciation

Noun

gregal m (plural gregals)

  1. northeast
  2. A northeast wind.
    • 1953, Josep Pla, Les hores:
      En el meu llibre El vent de garbí he parlat llargament de la rotació dels vents seguint el camí del sol: el gregal del matí arrossegant sobre els seus lloms tritons i sirenes, cargols d'escuma, lluïssors rutilants, olor de pinassa, posant frescor de verd en les persianes; el xaloc petitet —el xaloquet de la Crònica de Muntaner— asfixiat pel sol meridià; el llebeig o garbí de l'hora de posar l'arròs a taula.
      In my book The southwest wind I spoke at length about the rotation of the winds following the path of the sun: the northeast wind of morning dragging over its loins tritons and sirens, spirals of foam, sparking brightness, the scent of pine, putting the freshness of greenery in the blinds; the small sirocco--the "xaloquet" of the Chronicle of Muntaner--asphyxiated by the midday sun; the southwest wind of the hour when rice is set on the table.

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