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Etymology
From des- + mesura.
Pronunciation
Noun
desmesura f (plural desmesures)
- (uncountable) excess (lack of moderation)
- (countable) excess (disproportionate action)
1969, Octavi Fullat, El crac universitari:Quan el maig del mil noucents seixanta vuit, els estudiants de Paris cometeren desmesures —convé precisar, per contrast, que no hi ha costum enlloc de qualificar de desmesura les desmesures legalitzades, i consti que n'hi ha— vaig sentir com un bon home s'exclamava: "Potser tindran raó en el que demanen, però la forma de fer-ho és totalment incorrecta".- When, in May of nineteen sixty-eight, the students of Paris committed excesses--it should be noted, by contrast, that there is no custom of describing legalised excesses as excesses, and it's obvious these exist--I felt that simple souls exclaimed, "Maybe they are right in what they are asking but their way of going about it is all wrong."
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desmeˈsuɾa/
- Rhymes: -uɾa
- Syllabification: des‧me‧su‧ra
Etymology 1
From des- + mesura.
Noun
desmesura f (plural desmesuras)
- excess
- lack of measuring or control
Etymology 2
Verb
desmesura
- inflection of desmesurar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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