/miˈolo/, [miˈo.lʊ]
OrixeInherited from Old Galician-Portuguese meolo, from Late Latin *medullum, from medulla. Doublet of medula.
Compare Spanish meollo.
- masculinecrumb, soft part (of bread etc)
- masculinemarrow
- masculinecore or kernel (usually soft)
- colloquial, in-plural, masculinebrains
“En escoitalo, señor tio Calacú, xà o peléxo do meu corpo tembra. Sei que á tanta agua que acarrexóu amolentoulle os miolos, é por eso louquéa” — While listening to you, my sir uncle Pumpkin, my body's skin trembles. Perhaps the much water you have carried softened you brains, and therefore you are going insane
- figuratively, masculinejudgement, reason
Formasmiolos(plural) · meolo(alternative) · molo(alternative)