mesquinesa

Catalan

Etymology

From mesquí +‎ -esa.

Noun

mesquinesa f (plural mesquineses)

  1. meanness, vileness
    Synonym: mesquineria
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 2, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      Autènticament creien que el meu despit era una qüestió d'ambicions personals! Més que una carta llegia un catàleg de mesquineses.
      They really believed my resentment was a question of personal ambitions! More than a letter I was reading a catalog of vilenesses.

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