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menudiello

menudiello

Old Spanish

Adjective

menudiello m (feminine menudiella, masculine plural menudiellos, feminine plural menudiellas)

  1. diminutive of menudo; minute, minuscule.
    • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 16v.
      […] ¬ en beuiendo lo fazen ſe en ella unas ampollas menudiellas.
      […] and when drinking it, very small blisters form on its surface.
    • Idem, 49v.
      Eſta es toda forada ¬ fecha en forma de guſanos menudiellos. De color es uermeia mezclada con pardo […]
      It is covered with holes all over and seems to be made from minute worms. Its color is red mixed with dun […]

Descendants

  • Spanish: menudillo