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Etymology
From mesquí + -esa.
Noun
mesquinesa f (plural mesquineses)
- meanness, vileness
- Synonym: mesquineria
2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 2, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:Autènticament creien que el meu despit era una qüestió d'ambicions personals! Més que una carta llegia un catàleg de mesquineses.- They really believed my resentment was a question of personal ambitions! More than a letter I was reading a catalog of vilenesses.
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