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Noun
acusma f (plural acusme)
- acousma
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Greek ἄκουσμα (ákousma). First attested in 1871. Cognate with Spanish acusma and Italian acusma.
Pronunciation
Noun
acusma m (plural acusmas)
- (pathology) acousma (auditory hallucination)
References
- ^ José Pedro Machado (1995) “Acusma”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 93