esmorecer

Unknown. From Old Galician-Portuguese esmorecer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from esmorir (“to faint”) +‎ -ecer, possibly from Vulgar Latin emorescĕre, frequentative of Latin ēmori, ēmorior (“I die (out)”), from Latin morior (“to die”), whence Galician morrer (“to die”); but note also Old English smorian (“to choke, suffocate”). Cognate to Portuguese esmorecer and Spanish esmorecer.

• IPA^(key): /esmoɾeˈθeɾ/, (western) /esmoɾeˈseɾ/

esmorecer (first-person singular present esmorezo, first-person singular preterite esmorecín, past participle esmorecido)

1. (intransitive) to falter, wilt

   Antonym: desesmorecer

2. (intransitive) to decay, wither
3. (intransitive) to faint
   • c. 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 288:

     Et esmoresçeu en tal maneyra que pouco nẽ moyto nõ suspiraua nẽ saya d'ela folgo.

     And she fainted in such a way that, neither much nor little, she didn't sigh nor breathe

• “esmorecer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “esmor” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “esmorecer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “esmorecer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “esmorecer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Vulgar Latin emorescĕre, frequentative of Latin ēmori, ēmorior (“to die (out)”),[1] from Latin morior (“to die”), whence Portuguese morrer (“to die”); but note also Old English smorian (“to choke, suffocate”). Cognate to Galician and Spanish esmorecer.

esmorecer (first-person singular present esmoreço, first-person singular preterite esmoreci, past participle esmorecido)

1. (transitive) to dishearten; discourage

   Synonym: desalentar

2. (intransitive) to falter; wilt

   Synonym: desanimar

From Vulgar Latin emorescĕre, frequentative of Latin ēmori, ēmorior (“to die (out)”), from Latin morior (“to die”), whence Spanish murrir (“to die”); but note also Old English smorian (“to choke, suffocate”). Cognate to Galician esmorecer and Portuguese esmorecer.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /esmoɾeˈθeɾ/ [ez.mo.ɾeˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /esmoɾeˈseɾ/ [ez.mo.ɾeˈseɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: es‧mo‧re‧cer

esmorecer (first-person singular present esmorezco, first-person singular preterite esmorecí, past participle esmorecido)

1. (intransitive, reflexive, Andalusia, Cantabria, Venezuela) to falter; wilt

   Synonyms: desfallecer, esmorecerse

• “esmorecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014