vermejura

Old Spanish

Alternative forms
  • uermeiura (non-standardized spelling)

Etymology

From vermejo (“red”) +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [βer.meˈʒu.ɾa]

Noun

vermejura f (usually uncountable)

  1. redness
    • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 3v.
      […] pero la uerdura della es tan flaca que tira a amariello. ¬ otroſſi la uermeiura es tan poca que ſemeia al agua dela carne quando la echan en ſal.
      […] but its greenness is so faint that it is more like yellow, and its redness so little that it is like meat juice when mixed with salt.

Descendants
  • Spanish: bermejura
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