desiert

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desiert m (plural desiertos)

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