polposo

Forms

polposo (feminine polposa, masculine plural polposos, feminine plural polposas, metaphonic)^[1]

Etymology

Houaiss and Aurélio take it as formed from Portuguese polpa (“pulp”) + -oso.^[2][3] Wiktionary derives it instead from Late Latin pulpōsus (“fleshy”), and allows the Portuguese formation as a surface analysis.^[1] Michaelis and Porto Editora also give the Latin word.^[1][4][5] The same Latin adjective is Romanian pulpos, Spanish pulposo, Galician polposo and Catalan polpós.^[6][7]

The noun is recorded from 1563 and comes from Latin pulpa (“flesh; pulp of fruit”).^[8][9] De Vaan traces the Latin word to Proto-Italic *pelpā “meat”.^[10]

Semantic evolution

Houaiss dates the adjective to 1788, in the sense “having much pulp, fleshy”.^[2] The original Caldas Aulete makes it a synonym of polpudo, itself recorded from 1813.^[11][9] Priberam and Michaelis add the sense “made of pulp, pulp-like”.^[12][4]

Timeline

• 1563 – first record of the noun polpa.^[8]
• 1788 – Houaiss's first date for polposo.^[2]
• 1813 – first record of the synonym polpudo.^[9]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Having much pulp; fleshy, polpudo: Estas ameixas são doces e polposas.^{[2][3][12][1]}
2. Made of pulp; having the consistency of pulp.^[12][4]

Related words

• polpa
• carnudo
• Latin pulpa
• Spanish pulposo

References

1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d Houaiss, Antônio; Villar, Mauro de Salles (2001), Dicionário Houaiss da língua portuguesa, Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, p. s.v. polposo
3. ^ a b Ferreira, Aurélio Buarque de Holanda, Novo dicionário Aurélio da língua portuguesa, digital edition, p. s.v. polposo
4. ^ a b c Michaelis: Moderno Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, São Paulo: Melhoramentos (online as Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa, https://michaelis.uol.com.br), p. s.v. polposo
5. ^ Porto Editora (2013), Grande Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, Porto: Porto Editora, p. 7321
6. ^ Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1935), Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., Heidelberg: Winter, p. 6835
7. ^ García de Diego, Vicente (1985), Diccionario etimológico español e hispánico, 2nd ed., Madrid: Espasa-Calpe (1st ed. 1954), p. s.v. pulposus
8. ^ a b Houaiss, Antônio; Villar, Mauro de Salles (2001), Dicionário Houaiss da língua portuguesa, Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, p. s.v. polpa
9. ^ a b c Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2010), Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa, 4th ed., Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon, p. s.v. polpa
10. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill, p. s.v. pulpa
11. ^ Aulete, Francisco Júlio Caldas, Dicionário contemporâneo da língua portuguesa (1st ed. 1881), online as Aulete Digital, Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon, https://aulete.com.br, p. s.v. polposo
12. ^ a b c Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa, Lisboa: Priberam Informática, https://dicionario.priberam.org, p. s.v. polposo