rauxa

Catalan

FWOTD – 28 May 2017

Etymology

Along with Occitan rauja (“rage”) from Late Latin rabia from Classical Latin rabiēs (“rage”). The appearance of x in place of j likely due to raixa (“a violent emotion”). Doublet of ràbia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈraw.ʃə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈraw.t͡ʃa]

Noun

rauxa f (plural rauxes)

1. rashness; sudden action taken without forethought

   Antonym: seny

   • 2016, Josep Monserrat, Ignasi Roviró, Societat Catalana de Filosofia, editors, La festa, page 171:

     Aquesta festa, de fet, no comporta un qüestionament dels rols socials, no està lligada al lloc i no té res a transmetre, s'exhaureix completament en la rauxa del present […]
     This festival, in fact, does not involve questioning of social roles, is not tied to the place and has nothing to transmit, is completely exhausted in the frenzied action of the present […]

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References

• “rauxa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

• “rauxa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.