desiert

Old Spanish

Alternative forms
  • desyert (alternative spelling)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ðeˈs̺jeɾt]

Noun

desiert m (plural desiertos)

  1. Apocopic form of desierto; a desert or wasteland.
    • c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 17r.
      por q̇ nos adoxiſte en el deſiert por matar atodos de fȧbre.
      For you have led us into the desert to kill us all of starvation.
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