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arrecir.

to make something/someone numb with cold

7 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/areˈθiɾ/[a.reˈθiɾ]/areˈsiɾ/[a.reˈsiɾ]
  1. to make something/someone numb with cold

    transitive · uncommon
  2. to become numbed by cold, to be numbed by cold

    reflexive
Where this word comes from

From Vulgar Latin arrigēscĕre (“to become stiff”), from Latin arrigĕre (“raise; rouse, excite”). According to Coromines and Pascual, this infinitive arrecir "barely exists" (apenas existe), and prefer to link the adjective arrecido to a supposed verb *arreeçer, of the same etymology, cognate with Galician arrecerse (“get a common cold; become numb”).

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