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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From magro (“lean”) + -iço.
Adjective
magriço (feminine magriça, masculine plural magriços, feminine plural magriças)
- skinny
- Synonyms: magricela, (Brazil) magrelo, (Brazil) magrela, magriz, magrizela
Noun
magriço m (plural magriços)
- (of a person) scrawny (very thin)
- Synonyms: magricela, (Brazil) magrelo, (Brazil) magrela, magriz, magrizela
Etymology 2
From Magriço, the name attributed to Álvaro Gonçalves Coutinho, a Portuguese knight from the time of King Dom João I (1357–1433).
Noun
magriço m (plural magriços)
- Defender of women.
- (derogatory) Ridiculous champion of petty causes.
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