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sauss

Pronunciation: [ˈsàws]

“sauss” is a Latvian word. Its 9 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. dry (containing (relatively) little or no liquid, moisture, vapor; whose surface has (relatively) little or no liquid, moisture)
  2. dry (which has lost the liquid or moisture that it previously had)
  3. dry (containing less liquid, moisture than usual, than other comparable items)
  4. dry (characterized by relatively little humidity in the air or soil, by relatively less rainfall)
  5. dry (which happens, is carried out without the use of water, of fluids; which does not produce water, fluids)
  6. dry, thin, weak
  7. dry (without emotionality, without compassion or concern)
  8. dry (without feelings; which causes no feelings)
  9. dry, toneless, hollow

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *sausas (perhaps from Proto-Balto-Slavic *saušás), from Proto-Indo-European *saus-, *sus- (“dry”), maybe from the stem *seu-, *sū-, *su- (“juice, liquid; to squeeze juice; to suck”) (whence also Latvian sūkt (“to suck”)), either with an additional s or reduplicated. The meaning change was probably “squeezed (for juice), sucked” > “without (juice, liquid)” > “dry.” Cognates…

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