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Etymology
From de nou (“again”).
Pronunciation
Noun
denou m (plural denous)
- (Mallorca) misfortune, accident (unfortunate unexpected chance occurrence)
1990, Miquel Àngel Riera, Illa Flaubert:Al poble, fins que passà aquell denou, no havia succeït res important des de la desaparició d'en Beno, feia ja no es sabia quants d'anys.- In the village, until that misfortune occurred, nothing important had happened since the disappearance of Beno, nobody knows how long ago.
2010, Cosme Aguiló, Sic isti nostri sunt:Tenia caixes fetes per a qualsevol denou que hi pogués haver a la família i les feia servir dues vegades.- They had savings for whatever misfortune there could be in the family and they'd made use of them twice.
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