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GALICIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

toxo.

gorse, furze (Ulex europaeus)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈtoʃʊ]

  1. gorse, furze (Ulex europaeus)

    masculine
    A raíz do toxo verde é moi mala de arrincar; os amoriños primeiros son moi malos de olvidar

  2. dwarf gorse, dwarf furze (Ulex minor)

    masculine

  3. sourpuss or prickly person

    figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese tojo, from a substrate *toju or similar, from *togio or *toio, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tey- or *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab”), whence Latin stilus and English stick and thistle; compare Portuguese tojo, Asturian toxu, Occitan toja.

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