luamaro

Venetan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French lieu amer (literally bitter place), a metaphorical slang term which refers to a toilet, introduced into the Venetan language by Napoleon's soldiers.

See leame ("manure", "dung").

Noun

luamaro m (plural luamari)

  1. cesspool, pigsty, pigpen (a messy, untidy and dirty place)
  2. dungheap