xique-xique
See also: Xique-Xique
English
editEtymology
editFrom Portuguese xique-xique.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- A species of tree cactus, Pilosocereus gounellei, of northern Brazil.
- 1869, Richard F. Burton, chapter 14, in Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil, volume II:
- At the base of the hill began a thin grove of Xique-Xique […] . This is a tall shrub, with patches of sharp and venomous thorns radiating from common centres.
- 1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 12:
- In the corner where he slept, the Little Blessed One gradually built an altar, with printed images they gave him at the mission and a cross of xiquexique wood that he himself carved and painted.
- 2008, Frances de Pontes Peebles, The Seamstress:
- Each night the men sliced the squat xique-xique cactus into rounds, plucked out its thorns, and pressed down upon the slices with the flat faces of their knives.
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: xi‧que‧-xi‧que
Etymology 1
editNoun
editxique-xique m (plural xique-xiques)
Etymology 2
editUnknown.
Noun
editxique-xique m (plural xique-xiques)
Further reading
edit- “xique-xique” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “xique-xique” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “xique-xique” in Dicionário Online de Português.
- “xique-xique” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “xique-xique” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “xique-xique” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “xique-xique” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
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