esquerperia

From esquerp +‎ -eria.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kər.pəˈɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.keɾ.peˈɾi.a]

esquerperia f (plural esquerperies)

1. rudeness
   • 1923, Alexandre Plana, A l'ombra de Santa Maria del Mar:

     Sense adonar-se'n, per una esquerperia que els altres prenien per un orgull inexplicable, s'havia fet a viure sol.

     Without noticing it, by means of a rudeness which others took for inexplicable pride, he ended up living alone.

• “esquerperia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007