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sec

Pronunciation: /sek/

“sec” is a Romanian word. Its 5 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. dry
  2. barren, empty, deserted; also dried up
  3. missing or deficient in something, lacking; also useless
  4. dull, stupid, empty-headed
  5. skinny

In Romanian

  1. lipsit de apă; care a secat, s-a uscat.
  2. (despre locuri) lipsit de umezeală; (p.ext.) arid, neproductiv.
  3. în care nu se află nimic; gol, deșert.
  4. (pop.; despre părțile corpului) atrofiat, paralizat.
  5. (fig.) lipsit de conținut, de sens, fără folos.
  6. (fig.) (adesea substantivat) fără minte, prost.
  7. (fig.) (despre oameni și manifestările lor; adesea adverbial) lipsit de sensibilitate, de căldură; aspru, tăios, rece.
  8. (fig.) (rar) tare, puternic, dârz.

Etymology

Inherited from Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.

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