embolic

From embol- +‎ -ic.

• Rhymes: -ɒlɪk

embolic (comparative more embolic, superlative most embolic)

1. (pathology) Of or relating to an embolus or an embolism.

From embolicar (“to wrap, entangle”). First attested in 1653.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.buˈlik]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [em.boˈlik]

embolic m (plural embolics)

1. mess

   Quin embolic has fet amb tots els papers, m'ha costat una hora ordenar-los!

   What a mess you made with all the papers, it took me an hour to organize them!

2. confusion

   Synonyms: embull, marro

   M'he fet un embolic amb la suma i ara l'he de començar un altre cop!

   I've made a mess with the sum and now I have to start again!

• embolcar
• embolcall

• “embolic”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “embolic” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “embolic” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from French embolique.

embolic m or n (feminine singular embolică, masculine plural embolici, feminine and neuter plural embolice)

1. embolic