mortiço

Portuguese

Etymology

morte + -iço

Adjectiver

mortiço m (feminine singular mortiça, masculine plural mortiços, feminine plural mortiças, comparable)

  1. dull, dim, lifeless
    • 1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho:
      Através das pálpebras fechadas, quando por várias vezes acordou durante a noite, percebera a mortiça claridade das lâmpadas que mal iluminavam a camarata, […]
      Through closed eyelids she could, when she woke up several times during the night, perceive the dim clearness of the lights, which badly illuminated the dormitory, […]

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