Pronounced: lah-luh-puh-LOO-zuh, noun
Notes: I’ve heard the word, but I did not know the meaning
Yesterday’s word
The word descamisado is “a very poor person”
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1800s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Spanish word descamisado (shirtless), which is made up of des- (not) and camisa (shirt) – the idea is that a very poor person cannot even afford a shirt.
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