Etymology

atsugari

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Today it means: A Drosophila phenotype that shows a preference for unusually low temperatures. Full definition →

Japanese 暑がり
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from暑がり“one who dislikes hot temperature”
  2. English todayatsugari

Borrowed from Japanese 暑がり (atsugari, “one who dislikes hot temperature”), from 暑い (atsui, “hot”) + (verb-)がり (gari, “one who dislikes something”, literally “one often shows expression of something”).

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