strasten

sl-adj

strástən (comparative strástnejši, superlative nȁjstrástnejši)

strástən (canonical)
strástnejši (comparative)
nȁjstrástnejši (superlative)
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strásten (masculine nominative singular)
strástni (masculine nominative singular)
strástna (feminine nominative singular)
strástno (neuter nominative singular)
strástnega (genitive masculine singular)
strástne (feminine genitive singular)
strástnega (genitive neuter singular)
strástnemu (dative masculine singular)
strástni (dative feminine singular)
strástnemu (dative neuter singular)
nominativeⁱⁿᵃⁿ or (accusative masculine singular)
genitive (accusative masculine singular)
strástno (accusative feminine singular)
strástno (accusative neuter singular)
strástnem (locative masculine singular)
strástni (feminine locative singular)
strástnem (locative neuter singular)
strástnim (instrumental masculine singular)
strástno (feminine instrumental singular)
strástnim (instrumental neuter singular)
strástna (dual masculine nominative)
strástni (dual feminine nominative)
strástni (dual neuter nominative)
strástnih (dual genitive masculine)
strástnih (dual feminine genitive)
strástnih (dual genitive neuter)
strástnima (dative dual masculine)
strástnima (dative dual feminine)
strástnima (dative dual neuter)
strástna (accusative dual masculine)
strástni (accusative dual feminine)
strástni (accusative dual neuter)
strástnih (dual locative masculine)
strástnih (dual feminine locative)
strástnih (dual locative neuter)
strástnima (dual instrumental masculine)
strástnima (dual feminine instrumental)
strástnima (dual instrumental neuter)
strástni (masculine nominative plural)
strástne (feminine nominative plural)
strástna (neuter nominative plural)
strástnih (genitive masculine plural)
strástnih (feminine genitive plural)
strástnih (genitive neuter plural)
strástnim (dative masculine plural)
strástnim (dative feminine plural)
strástnim (dative neuter plural)
strástne (accusative masculine plural)
strástne (accusative feminine plural)
strástna (accusative neuter plural)
strástnih (locative masculine plural)
strástnih (feminine locative plural)
strástnih (locative neuter plural)
strástnimi (instrumental masculine plural)
strástnimi (feminine instrumental plural)
strástnimi (instrumental neuter plural)


vantard

fr-noun

vantard m (plural vantards, feminine vantarde)


protecteur

protecteur m (plural protecteurs, feminine protectrice)

protecteurs (plural)
protectrice (feminine)


captivant

fr-adj

captivant (feminine captivante, masculine plural captivants, feminine plural captivantes)

captivante (feminine)
captivants (masculine plural)
captivantes (feminine plural)


éloquent

éloquent (feminine éloquente, masculine plural éloquents, feminine plural éloquentes)

éloquente (feminine)
éloquents (masculine plural)
éloquentes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French eloquent, from Old French eloquent, borrowed from Latin ēloquentem (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of ēloquī (“to speak out”), from ē- (“out”) + loquī (“to speak”).

der

eloquent (fluently persuasive and articulate)


aguerri

fr-adj

aguerri (feminine aguerrie, masculine plural aguerris, feminine plural aguerries)

aguerrie (feminine)
aguerris (masculine plural)
aguerries (feminine plural)


décalé

décalé (feminine décalée, masculine plural décalés, feminine plural décalées)

décalée (feminine)
décalés (masculine plural)
décalées (feminine plural)


goulu

goulu (feminine goulue, masculine plural goulus, feminine plural goulues)

goulue (feminine)
goulus (masculine plural)
goulues (feminine plural)

From goule (alternative form of gueule) + -u.

gluttonous (given to excessive eating; prone to overeating)


amicabilis

la-adj

amīcābilis (neuter amīcābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

amīcābilis (canonical)
amīcābile (neuter)
amīcābilis (feminine masculine nominative singular)
amīcābile (neuter nominative singular)
amīcābilēs (feminine masculine nominative singular)
amīcābilia (neuter nominative plural)
amīcābilis (feminine genitive masculine neuter singular)
amīcābilium (feminine genitive masculine neuter)
amīcābilī (dative feminine masculine neuter singular)
amīcābilibus (dative feminine masculine neuter)
amīcābilem (accusative feminine masculine singular)
amīcābile (accusative neuter singular)
amīcābilēs (accusative feminine masculine singular)
amīcābilīs (accusative feminine masculine singular)
amīcābilia (accusative neuter plural)
amīcābilī (ablative feminine masculine neuter singular)
amīcābilibus (ablative feminine masculine neuter)
amīcābilis (feminine masculine singular vocative)
amīcābile (neuter singular vocative)
amīcābilēs (feminine masculine singular vocative)
amīcābilia (neuter plural vocative)

Italo-Romance:

Italian: amichevole

Gallo-Romance:

Catalan: amigable

Franco-Provençal: amiâblo

Old French: amiable (see there for further descendants)

Old Occitan: amigable

Ibero-Romance:

Old Galician-Portuguese: [Term?]

Galician: amigábel

Portuguese: amigável

Spanish: amigable

→ Galician: amigable

Borrowings:

→ English: amicable

→ Italian: amicabile

→ Romanian: amicabil

[ämiːˈkäːbɪlʲɪs̠]

(rare, Late Latin) friendly, capable of being friendly


afectuoso

es-adj

afectuoso (feminine afectuosa, masculine plural afectuosos, feminine plural afectuosas)

afectuosa (feminine)
afectuosos (masculine plural)
afectuosas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin affectuōsus (“affectionate”). By surface analysis, afecto + -oso.


débrouillard

fr-adj

débrouillard (feminine débrouillarde, masculine plural débrouillards, feminine plural débrouillardes)

débrouillarde (feminine)
débrouillards (masculine plural)
débrouillardes (feminine plural)

resourceful, self-reliant, able to cope, crafty, wily


matois

matois (feminine matoise, masculine plural matois, feminine plural matoises)

matoise (feminine)
matois (masculine plural)
matoises (feminine plural)

sly (artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily)


désobéissant

désobéissant (feminine désobéissante, masculine plural désobéissants, feminine plural désobéissantes)

désobéissante (feminine)
désobéissants (masculine plural)
désobéissantes (feminine plural)


désagréable

Je n’ai aucun goût pour les occupations féminines. Je n’aime pas trop à être dans la société des dames; la danse m’est désagréable.

1895, R. von Krafft-Ebing, Psychopathia Sexualis:

I have no interest in feminine occupations. I do not care for the company of ladies; I find dancing unpleasant.


dextre

Inherited from Middle French dextre, borrowed from Latin dextra or dextera; replaced the popular/inherited Old French form destre.

(heraldry) dexter; right-hand side of the shield


pudens

la-adj

pudēns (genitive pudentis, comparative pudentior, superlative pudentissimus, adverb pudenter); third-declension one-termination adjective

pudēns (canonical)
pudentis (genitive)
pudentior (comparative)
pudentissimus (superlative)
pudenter (adverb)
pudēns (feminine masculine neuter nominative singular)
pudentēs (feminine masculine nominative singular)
pudentia (neuter nominative plural)
pudentis (feminine genitive masculine neuter singular)
pudentium (feminine genitive masculine neuter)
pudentī (dative feminine masculine neuter singular)
pudentibus (dative feminine masculine neuter)
pudentem (accusative feminine masculine singular)
pudēns (accusative neuter singular)
pudentēs (accusative feminine masculine singular)
pudentia (accusative neuter plural)
pudentī (ablative feminine masculine neuter singular)
pudentibus (ablative feminine masculine neuter)
pudēns (feminine masculine neuter singular vocative)
pudentēs (feminine masculine singular vocative)
pudentia (neuter plural vocative)

English: pudent, pudency

shameful, shamefaced, bashful, shy, modest


émotif

fr-adj

émotif (feminine émotive, masculine plural émotifs, feminine plural émotives)

émotive (feminine)
émotifs (masculine plural)
émotives (feminine plural)


trouillard

trouillard (feminine trouillarde, masculine plural trouillards, feminine plural trouillardes)

trouillarde (feminine)
trouillards (masculine plural)
trouillardes (feminine plural)


évasif

évasif (feminine évasive, masculine plural évasifs, feminine plural évasives)

évasive (feminine)
évasifs (masculine plural)
évasives (feminine plural)


excentrique

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin excentricus, from ex- (“away”) + centrum (“the centre”) + -icus. By surface analysis, ex- + centre + -ique.

surface analysis

(figuratively) eccentric (characterized by unusual behaviour), oddball


cabochard

fr-adj

cabochard (feminine cabocharde, masculine plural cabochards, feminine plural cabochardes)

cabocharde (feminine)
cabochards (masculine plural)
cabochardes (feminine plural)


obsédé

fr-noun

obsédé m (plural obsédés, feminine obsédée)

(slang) stalker, creep (person who stalks for sexual reasons)


glorieux

fr-adj

glorieux (feminine glorieuse, masculine plural glorieux, feminine plural glorieuses)

glorieuse (feminine)
glorieux (masculine plural)
glorieuses (feminine plural)

From Middle French glorieux, from Old French glorious, from Latin gloriosus.


volage

Inherited from Old French volage, from Latin volāticus.


grossier

grossier (feminine grossière, masculine plural grossiers, feminine plural grossières)

grossière (feminine)
grossiers (masculine plural)
grossières (feminine plural)

Ma sœur nous a salués, comblée Ça va les amoureux ? et les autres ont applaudi. J’ai trouvé ce comportement grossier.

2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:


ringard

ringard (feminine ringarde, masculine plural ringards, feminine plural ringardes)

ringarde (feminine)
ringards (masculine plural)
ringardes (feminine plural)

outdated, old-fashioned, passé, corny, behind the times


malpoli

malpoli (feminine malpolie, masculine plural malpolis, feminine plural malpolies)

malpolie (feminine)
malpolis (masculine plural)
malpolies (feminine plural)

From mal- + poli. The noun is the adjective used substantively.


fourbe

— Moi, s’écria-t-elle, j’irais livrer au premier fourbe qui saura jouer la comédie d’une passion les dernières, les plus précieuses richesses de mon cœur, et corrompre ma vie pour un moment de douteux plaisir ?

1832, Honoré de Balzac, chapter 2, in Ellen Marriage, transl., La Femme de trente ans:

"Do you think," she cried, "that I shall bestow the last, the most precious treasures of my heart upon the first base impostor who can play the comedy of passion?


inconformista

es-noun

inconformista m or f by sense (plural inconformistas)

* in- (“non-”) + conformista (“conformist”)


mesquin

fr-adj

mesquin (feminine mesquine, masculine plural mesquins, feminine plural mesquines)

mesquine (feminine)
mesquins (masculine plural)
mesquines (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Italian meschino or Spanish mezquino, both from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).


épuré

épuré (feminine épurée, masculine plural épurés, feminine plural épurées)

épurée (feminine)
épurés (masculine plural)
épurées (feminine plural)

un design épuré


réticent

réticent (feminine réticente, masculine plural réticents, feminine plural réticentes)

réticente (feminine)
réticents (masculine plural)
réticentes (feminine plural)

Back-formation from réticence, or learned borrowing from Latin reticēns.

reserved (not sharing or disclosing much, keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself)


miserabilist

en-adj

miserabilist (comparative more miserabilist, superlative most miserabilist)

more miserabilist (comparative)
most miserabilist (superlative)

Variant of miserable + -ist, with interconsonant -i- added due to difficulty or lack of flow in pronouncing miserablist.

This is a radical difference between the naturalism of the miserabilist approach, and the naturalism practiced by the Romanian New Wave.

2014, Doru Pop, Romanian New Wave Cinema: An Introduction, McFarland, →ISBN, page 61:


pompeux

fr-adj

pompeux (feminine pompeuse, masculine plural pompeux, feminine plural pompeuses)

pompeuse (feminine)
pompeux (masculine plural)
pompeuses (feminine plural)


dominateur

dominateur (feminine dominatrice, masculine plural dominateurs, feminine plural dominatrices)

dominatrice (feminine)
dominateurs (masculine plural)
dominatrices (feminine plural)


flitig

head

flitig (comparative flitigare, superlative flitigast)

flitigare (comparative)
flitigast (superlative)
flitig (indefinite positive)
flitigare (comparative indefinite)
flitigast (indefinite superlative)
flitigt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
flitigare (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
flitigast (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
flitiga (indefinite plural positive)
flitigare (comparative indefinite plural)
flitigast (indefinite plural superlative)
flitige (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
flitigare (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
flitigast (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
flitige (definite masculine positive singular)
flitigare (comparative definite masculine singular)
flitigaste (definite masculine singular superlative)
flitiga (definite positive)
flitigare (comparative definite)
flitigaste (definite superlative)

Inherited from Old Swedish fliteliker, from Middle Low German vlītich. By surface analysis, flit + -ig. Cognate of Danish flittig. Compare Dutch vlijtig, German fleißig.

en av tidningens flitigaste skribenter

one of the newspaper's most recurring writers

recurring, productive, frequently appearing (of creative workers)


Unverschämtheit

de-noun

Unverschämtheit f (genitive Unverschämtheit, plural Unverschämtheiten)

Unverschämtheit (genitive)
Unverschämtheiten (plural)
Unverschämtheit (nominative singular)
Unverschämtheiten (definite nominative plural)
Unverschämtheit (genitive singular)
Unverschämtheiten (definite genitive plural)
Unverschämtheit (dative singular)
Unverschämtheiten (dative definite plural)
Unverschämtheit (accusative singular)
Unverschämtheiten (accusative definite plural)

/ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ʃɛːmthaɪ̯t/

cheekiness, impudence, impertinence, insolence


мааны

head

мааны • (maanı)

From Mongolic. Compare to Tuvan маанай (maanay, “prayer”).

мааны кыыһа

See synonyms at уран (uran).

мааны таҥастаах кыыс

мааны кырдьаҕастар


мааны

мааны • (maanı)

sah-noun

мааны • (maanı)

мааныга үөскээбит


loufoque

A louchébem transformation of the adjective fou (“crazy”), popularised by Pierre Dac.


vertueux

fr-adj

vertueux (feminine vertueuse, masculine plural vertueux, feminine plural vertueuses)

vertueuse (feminine)
vertueux (masculine plural)
vertueuses (feminine plural)

From vertu + -eux. Cf. also Late Latin virtuōsus. Piecewise doublet of virtuose.

Je suis une femme très vertueuse selon les lois : je lui rends sa maison agréable, je ferme les yeux sur ses intrigues, je ne prends rien sur sa fortune, il peut en gaspiller les revenus à son gré, j’ai soin seulement d’en conserver le capital.

1832, Honoré de Balzac, La Femme de trente ans:


angoissant

angoissant (feminine angoissante, masculine plural angoissants, feminine plural angoissantes)

angoissante (feminine)
angoissants (masculine plural)
angoissantes (feminine plural)


débonnaire

Inherited from Old French debonaire et al, from de bone aire (“of a good bloodline”).


snobinard

fr-noun

snobinard m (plural snobinards, feminine snobinarde)

snobinards (plural)
snobinarde (feminine)

Elle toise tout le monde parce que papa maman sont pleins d’argent, une vraie snobinarde !

She looks down on everyone because Mummy and Daddy are loaded; what a snob!


écervelé

fr-adj

écervelé (feminine écervelée, masculine plural écervelés, feminine plural écervelées)

écervelée (feminine)
écervelés (masculine plural)
écervelées (feminine plural)


capricieux

capricieux (feminine capricieuse, masculine plural capricieux, feminine plural capricieuses)

capricieuse (feminine)
capricieux (masculine plural)
capricieuses (feminine plural)

→ Romanian: capricios

Borrowed from Italian capriccioso. By surface analysis, caprice + -eux.


obséquieux

obséquieux (feminine obséquieuse, masculine plural obséquieux, feminine plural obséquieuses)

obséquieuse (feminine)
obséquieux (masculine plural)
obséquieuses (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin obsequiōsus.


Mr. Nice Guy

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He treated me like trash most of the time, but when others were around, he was Mr. Nice Guy.


steel magnolia

* Combining the contrasting images of steel, a hard metal, and magnolia, a flower.

Reporters called Nancy Reagan an iron butterfly and Rosalind^([sic]) Carter a steel magnolia.

1983, Roland Bartel, Metaphors and symbols: Forays into Language, National Council of Teachers of English, →ISBN, page 48:

Ms. Deen is an irresistible example of that extraordinary phenomenon of Southern womanhood, the steel magnolia. She is always appealing and gracious but possessed of an unfailing survival instinct — a necessary character trait for a Southern cook to make it.

1998, John Berendt (introduction), The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cookbook, Random House, Inc., →ISBN, page xv:

"That's how Candy refers to herself to make the vamps think she's just a little Southern belle."
"When she's really a steel magnolia?"

2009, Nancy Haddock, Last Vampire Standing, Penguin Group, →ISBN, page 111:

(chiefly Southern US) A woman, unashamed, who exemplifies both traditional femininity and an uncommon fortitude.


aventureux

fr-adj

aventureux (feminine aventureuse, masculine plural aventureux, feminine plural aventureuses)

aventureuse (feminine)
aventureux (masculine plural)
aventureuses (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French aventuros, or aventure + -eux.


vétillard

vétillard (feminine vétillarde, masculine plural vétillards, feminine plural vétillardes)

vétillarde (feminine)
vétillards (masculine plural)
vétillardes (feminine plural)


benignus

la-adj

benignus (feminine benigna, neuter benignum, adverb benignē or benigniter); first/second-declension adjective

benigna (feminine)
benignum (neuter)
benignē (adverb)
benigniter (adverb)
benignus (masculine nominative singular)
benigna (feminine nominative singular)
benignum (neuter nominative singular)
benignī (masculine nominative singular)
benignae (feminine nominative plural)
benigna (neuter nominative plural)
benignī (genitive masculine singular)
benignae (feminine genitive singular)
benignī (genitive neuter singular)
benignōrum (genitive masculine singular)
benignārum (feminine genitive plural)
benignōrum (genitive neuter plural)
benignō (dative masculine singular)
benignae (dative feminine singular)
benignō (dative neuter singular)
benignīs (dative feminine masculine neuter)
benignum (accusative masculine singular)
benignam (accusative feminine singular)
benignum (accusative neuter singular)
benignōs (accusative masculine singular)
benignās (accusative feminine plural)
benigna (accusative neuter plural)
benignō (ablative masculine singular)
benignā (ablative feminine singular)
benignō (ablative neuter singular)
benignīs (ablative feminine masculine neuter)
benigne (masculine singular vocative)
benigna (feminine singular vocative)
benignum (neuter singular vocative)
benignī (masculine singular vocative)
benignae (feminine plural vocative)
benigna (neuter plural vocative)

Catalan: benigne

English: benign

French: bénin

Galician: benigno

Italian: benigno

Occitan: benigne

Portuguese: benigno

Romanian: benign

Spanish: benigno

[bɛˈnɪŋnʊs̠]

By surface analysis, bene (“well”) + -gnus (“-born”). Compare malignus.


comis

la-adj

cōmis (neuter cōme, comparative cōmior, superlative cōmissimus, adverb cōmiter); third-declension two-termination adjective

cōmis (canonical)
cōme (neuter)
cōmior (comparative)
cōmissimus (superlative)
cōmiter (adverb)
cōmis (feminine masculine nominative singular)
cōme (neuter nominative singular)
cōmēs (feminine masculine nominative singular)
cōmia (neuter nominative plural)
cōmis (feminine genitive masculine neuter singular)
cōmium (feminine genitive masculine neuter)
cōmī (dative feminine masculine neuter singular)
cōmibus (dative feminine masculine neuter)
cōmem (accusative feminine masculine singular)
cōme (accusative neuter singular)
cōmēs (accusative feminine masculine singular)
cōmīs (accusative feminine masculine singular)
cōmia (accusative neuter plural)
cōmī (ablative feminine masculine neuter singular)
cōmibus (ablative feminine masculine neuter)
cōmis (feminine masculine singular vocative)
cōme (neuter singular vocative)
cōmēs (feminine masculine singular vocative)
cōmia (neuter plural vocative)

From Old Latin cosmis, from Proto-Italic *komsmis, from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to smile”) (whence mīrus).


taré

fr-adj

taré (feminine tarée, masculine plural tarés, feminine plural tarées)

tarée (feminine)
tarés (masculine plural)
tarées (feminine plural)


vieux jeu

→ Dutch: vieux jeu

→ English: vieux jeu


ókurteis

is-adj

ókurteis (comparative ókurteisari, superlative ókurteisastur)

ókurteisari (comparative)
ókurteisastur (superlative)
ókurteis (masculine nominative strong)
ókurteis (feminine nominative strong)
ókurteist (neuter nominative strong)
ókurteisan (accusative masculine strong)
ókurteisa (accusative feminine strong)
ókurteist (accusative neuter strong)
ókurteisum (dative masculine strong)
ókurteisri (dative feminine strong)
ókurteisu (dative neuter strong)
ókurteiss (genitive masculine strong)
ókurteisrar (feminine genitive strong)
ókurteiss (genitive neuter strong)
ókurteisir (masculine nominative strong)
ókurteisar (feminine nominative strong)
ókurteis (neuter nominative strong)
ókurteisa (accusative masculine strong)
ókurteisar (accusative feminine strong)
ókurteis (accusative neuter strong)
ókurteisum (dative strong)
ókurteisra (genitive strong)
ókurteisi (masculine nominative weak)
ókurteisa (feminine nominative weak)
ókurteisa (neuter nominative weak)
ókurteisa (masculine weak)
ókurteisu (feminine weak)
ókurteisa (neuter weak)
ókurteisu (plural weak)
ókurteisari (comparative masculine singular weak)
ókurteisari (comparative feminine singular weak)
ókurteisara (comparative neuter singular weak)
ókurteisari (comparative plural weak)
ókurteisastur (masculine nominative strong superlative)
ókurteisust (feminine nominative strong superlative)
ókurteisast (neuter nominative strong superlative)
ókurteisastan (accusative masculine strong superlative)
ókurteisasta (accusative feminine strong superlative)
ókurteisast (accusative neuter strong superlative)
ókurteisustum (dative masculine strong superlative)
ókurteisastri (dative feminine strong superlative)
ókurteisustu (dative neuter strong superlative)
ókurteisasts (genitive masculine strong superlative)
ókurteisastrar (feminine genitive strong superlative)
ókurteisasts (genitive neuter strong superlative)
ókurteisastir (masculine nominative strong superlative)
ókurteisastar (feminine nominative strong superlative)
ókurteisust (neuter nominative strong superlative)
ókurteisasta (accusative masculine strong superlative)
ókurteisastar (accusative feminine strong superlative)
ókurteisust (accusative neuter strong superlative)
ókurteisustum (dative strong superlative)
ókurteisastra (genitive strong superlative)
ókurteisasti (masculine nominative superlative weak)
ókurteisasta (feminine nominative superlative weak)
ókurteisasta (neuter nominative superlative weak)
ókurteisasta (masculine superlative weak)
ókurteisustu (feminine superlative weak)
ókurteisasta (neuter superlative weak)
ókurteisustu (plural superlative weak)

From ó- (“in-, im-, un-”) + kurteis (“polite”).

affix

Íslendingar eru almennt ókurteisir.

impolite, discourteous, ill-mannered, rude


infatigable

Borrowed from Latin īnfatīgābilis; morphologically, from in- + fatiguer + -able.


vindicatif

fr-adj

vindicatif (feminine vindicative, masculine plural vindicatifs, feminine plural vindicatives)

vindicative (feminine)
vindicatifs (masculine plural)
vindicatives (feminine plural)

vindictive, vengeful (having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge)


attendrissant

attendrissant (feminine attendrissante, masculine plural attendrissants, feminine plural attendrissantes)

attendrissante (feminine)
attendrissants (masculine plural)
attendrissantes (feminine plural)

Polish: atandrysować


veule

Uncertain; possibly from a Vulgar Latin derivative of Latin volare or volvo; or, possibly from aveugle.

Serge. Et ta présence veule, ta présence de spectateur veule et neutre, nous entraîne Marc et moi dans les pires excès.

Serge. And your feeble presence, your presence as a spineless and neutral spectator, has driven Marc and me to the worst excesses.


fugax

la-adj

fugāx (genitive fugācis, comparative fugācior, superlative fugācissimus, adverb fugāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

fugāx (canonical)
fugācis (genitive)
fugācior (comparative)
fugācissimus (superlative)
fugāciter (adverb)
fugāx (feminine masculine neuter nominative singular)
fugācēs (feminine masculine nominative singular)
fugācia (neuter nominative plural)
fugācis (feminine genitive masculine neuter singular)
fugācium (feminine genitive masculine neuter)
fugācī (dative feminine masculine neuter singular)
fugācibus (dative feminine masculine neuter)
fugācem (accusative feminine masculine singular)
fugāx (accusative neuter singular)
fugācēs (accusative feminine masculine singular)
fugācia (accusative neuter plural)
fugācī (ablative feminine masculine neuter singular)
fugācibus (ablative feminine masculine neuter)
fugāx (feminine masculine neuter singular vocative)
fugācēs (feminine masculine singular vocative)
fugācia (neuter plural vocative)

Catalan: fugaç

English: fugacious

French: fugace

Galician: fugaz

Italian: fugace

Occitan: fugaç

Portuguese: fugaz

Romanian: fugaci

Spanish: fugaz

Derived from fugiō (“I flee, escape”) + -āx (“inclined to”).


coléreux

fr-adj

coléreux (feminine coléreuse, masculine plural coléreux, feminine plural coléreuses)

coléreuse (feminine)
coléreux (masculine plural)
coléreuses (feminine plural)


firebreather

Our new boss is a real firebreather!

(colloquial) A verbally aggressive person.


guilleret

guilleret (feminine guillerette, masculine plural guillerets, feminine plural guillerettes)

guillerette (feminine)
guillerets (masculine plural)
guillerettes (feminine plural)


modestus

la-adj

modestus (feminine modesta, neuter modestum, comparative modestior, superlative modestissimus, adverb modestē); first/second-declension adjective

modesta (feminine)
modestum (neuter)
modestior (comparative)
modestissimus (superlative)
modestē (adverb)
modestus (masculine nominative singular)
modesta (feminine nominative singular)
modestum (neuter nominative singular)
modestī (masculine nominative singular)
modestae (feminine nominative plural)
modesta (neuter nominative plural)
modestī (genitive masculine singular)
modestae (feminine genitive singular)
modestī (genitive neuter singular)
modestōrum (genitive masculine singular)
modestārum (feminine genitive plural)
modestōrum (genitive neuter plural)
modestō (dative masculine singular)
modestae (dative feminine singular)
modestō (dative neuter singular)
modestīs (dative feminine masculine neuter)
modestum (accusative masculine singular)
modestam (accusative feminine singular)
modestum (accusative neuter singular)
modestōs (accusative masculine singular)
modestās (accusative feminine plural)
modesta (accusative neuter plural)
modestō (ablative masculine singular)
modestā (ablative feminine singular)
modestō (ablative neuter singular)
modestīs (ablative feminine masculine neuter)
modeste (masculine singular vocative)
modesta (feminine singular vocative)
modestum (neuter singular vocative)
modestī (masculine singular vocative)
modestae (feminine plural vocative)
modesta (neuter plural vocative)

Albanian: modest

Catalan: modest

English: modest

French: modeste

Galician: modesto

Italian: modesto

Portuguese: modesto

Romanian: modest

Spanish: modesto

[mɔˈd̪ɛs̠t̪ʊs̠]

From the same root as modus m (“measure, manner”), but not directly derived from this noun, which declines in Latin as a masculine o-stem. The form modestus is made up of components derived from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”) + *-os (noun-forming suffix) + *-tós (adjective-forming suffix) (Classical Latin -tus); this implies the existence at some point of a neuter s-stem noun (also indirectly attested by the -er- found in moderor). Compare scelestus, derived from the s-stem noun scelus n (or an ancestral form of it).


opiniâtre

From opinion, maybe modelled after acariâtre (“ill-tempered”).

Un esprit opiniâtre.

opinionated, stubborn, obstinate (stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)


oförskämd

oförskämd (indefinite positive)
oförskämdare (comparative indefinite)
oförskämdast (indefinite superlative)
oförskämt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
oförskämdare (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
oförskämdast (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
oförskämda (indefinite plural positive)
oförskämdare (comparative indefinite plural)
oförskämdast (indefinite plural superlative)
oförskämde (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
oförskämdare (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
oförskämdast (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
oförskämde (definite masculine positive singular)
oförskämdare (comparative definite masculine singular)
oförskämdaste (definite masculine singular superlative)
oförskämda (definite positive)
oförskämdare (comparative definite)
oförskämdaste (definite superlative)

Den där kommentaren var inte bara otrevlig, utan rentav oförskämd

That comment wasn't just not nice, but downright rude


timidus

timidus (feminine timida, neuter timidum, comparative timidior); first/second-declension adjective

timida (feminine)
timidum (neuter)
timidior (comparative)
timidus (masculine nominative singular)
timida (feminine nominative singular)
timidum (neuter nominative singular)
timidī (masculine nominative singular)
timidae (feminine nominative plural)
timida (neuter nominative plural)
timidī (genitive masculine singular)
timidae (feminine genitive singular)
timidī (genitive neuter singular)
timidōrum (genitive masculine singular)
timidārum (feminine genitive plural)
timidōrum (genitive neuter plural)
timidō (dative masculine singular)
timidae (dative feminine singular)
timidō (dative neuter singular)
timidīs (dative feminine masculine neuter)
timidum (accusative masculine singular)
timidam (accusative feminine singular)
timidum (accusative neuter singular)
timidōs (accusative masculine singular)
timidās (accusative feminine plural)
timida (accusative neuter plural)
timidō (ablative masculine singular)
timidā (ablative feminine singular)
timidō (ablative neuter singular)
timidīs (ablative feminine masculine neuter)
timide (masculine singular vocative)
timida (feminine singular vocative)
timidum (neuter singular vocative)
timidī (masculine singular vocative)
timidae (feminine plural vocative)
timida (neuter plural vocative)

Catalan: tímid

English: timid

French: timide

Galician: tímido

Norman: tînmide

Italian: timido

Occitan: timid

Portuguese: tímido

Romanian: timid

Spanish: tímido

[ˈt̪ɪmɪd̪ʊs̠]


tvehågsen

tvehågsen (indefinite positive)
tvehågset (indefinite neuter positive singular)
tvehågsna (indefinite plural positive)
tvehågsne (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
tvehågsne (definite masculine positive singular)
tvehågsna (definite positive)

From tve- + håg. Compare English of two minds.


bammy

head

bammy (comparative bammier, superlative bammiest)

bammier (comparative)
bammiest (superlative)

He ran tae the windae, threw it open and clambered oot ontae the sill. Ah thought he'd gone bammy...ye know, right aff his heid!

1999, David Armstrong, The First Teenagers, page 22:

He ran to the window, threw it open and clambered out onto the sill. I thought he'd gone barmy...you know, right off his head!

‘We goat kicked oot ae there,’ another member ae this group, the world's bammiest boayband says, noddin taeward the live lounge.

2018, Chris McQueer, HWFG, 404Ink, published 2018, page 10:

‘We got kicked out of there,’ another member of this group, the world's craziest boy band says, nodding toward the live lounge.


éhonté

fr-adj

éhonté (feminine éhontée, masculine plural éhontés, feminine plural éhontées)

éhontée (feminine)
éhontés (masculine plural)
éhontées (feminine plural)

un mensonge éhonté


gladlynt

gladlynt (indefinite positive)
gladlyntare (comparative indefinite)
gladlyntast (indefinite superlative)
gladlynt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
gladlyntare (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
gladlyntast (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
gladlynta (indefinite plural positive)
gladlyntare (comparative indefinite plural)
gladlyntast (indefinite plural superlative)
gladlynte (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
gladlyntare (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
gladlyntast (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
gladlynte (definite masculine positive singular)
gladlyntare (comparative definite masculine singular)
gladlyntaste (definite masculine singular superlative)
gladlynta (definite positive)
gladlyntare (comparative definite)
gladlyntaste (definite superlative)

From Old Swedish gladhlynter, equivalent to glad + -lynt.


proactif

proactif (feminine proactive, masculine plural proactifs, feminine plural proactives)

proactive (feminine)
proactifs (masculine plural)
proactives (feminine plural)


jugeur

jugeur (feminine jugeuse, masculine plural jugeurs, feminine plural jugeuses)

jugeuse (feminine)
jugeurs (masculine plural)
jugeuses (feminine plural)


bien-pensant

fr-noun

bien-pensant m (plural bien-pensants, feminine bien-pensante)

bien-pensants (plural)
bien-pensante (feminine)


avundsjuk

head

avundsjuk (comparative avundsjukare, superlative avundsjukast)

avundsjukare (comparative)
avundsjukast (superlative)
avundsjuk (indefinite positive)
avundsjukare (comparative indefinite)
avundsjukast (indefinite superlative)
avundsjukt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
avundsjukare (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
avundsjukast (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
avundsjuka (indefinite plural positive)
avundsjukare (comparative indefinite plural)
avundsjukast (indefinite plural superlative)
avundsjuke (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
avundsjukare (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
avundsjukast (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
avundsjuke (definite masculine positive singular)
avundsjukare (comparative definite masculine singular)
avundsjukaste (definite masculine singular superlative)
avundsjuka (definite positive)
avundsjukare (comparative definite)
avundsjukaste (definite superlative)

jealous (bitterly or enviously competitive)


impieux

fr-adj

impieux (feminine impieuse, masculine plural impieux, feminine plural impieuses)

impieuse (feminine)
impieux (masculine plural)
impieuses (feminine plural)


intolérant

intolérant (feminine intolérante, masculine plural intolérants, feminine plural intolérantes)

intolérante (feminine)
intolérants (masculine plural)
intolérantes (feminine plural)


malintentionné

malintentionné (feminine malintentionnée, masculine plural malintentionnés, feminine plural malintentionnées)

malintentionnée (feminine)
malintentionnés (masculine plural)
malintentionnées (feminine plural)

Don Quichotte s’offrit à faire la garde du château, afin que quelque géant, ou quelque autre félon malintentionné, attiré par l’appât du trésor de beautés que ce château renfermait, ne vînt les y troubler.

1836, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XLII, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume I, Paris: J[acques]-J[ulien] Dubochet et Cⁱᵉ, éditeurs, […], →OCLC:

Don Quixote offered to guard the castle, lest some giant, or other ill-intentioned traitor, attracted by the temptation of the treasury of beauties that the castle contained, come and trouble them there.


haineux

haineux (feminine haineuse, masculine plural haineux, feminine plural haineuses)

haineuse (feminine)
haineux (masculine plural)
haineuses (feminine plural)

Mais ces jugements, rendus longtemps après l’infraction, ne règlent pas la question des dégâts causés en temps réel par les messages haineux sur la Toile.

2020 June 19, “Stopper la haine sur Internet”, in Le Monde:

But these judgements, rendered long after the offence, do not resolve the issue of the damage caused in real time by hateful messages on the web.


ingénu

ingénu (feminine ingénue, masculine plural ingénus, feminine plural ingénues)

ingénue (feminine)
ingénus (masculine plural)
ingénues (feminine plural)


ingénieux

ingénieux (feminine ingénieuse, masculine plural ingénieux, feminine plural ingénieuses)

ingénieuse (feminine)
ingénieux (masculine plural)
ingénieuses (feminine plural)

From Middle French [Term?], a semi-learned term based on Latin ingeniōsus (“endowed with good natural capacity, gifted with genius”), from ingenium (“innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius”), from in (“in”) + gignere (“to produce”), Old Latin genere. Old French [Term?] had engignos (1160) and engenious (early 13c.), also from Latin.


irrévérencieux

fr-adj

irrévérencieux (feminine irrévérencieuse, masculine plural irrévérencieux, feminine plural irrévérencieuses)

irrévérencieuse (feminine)
irrévérencieux (masculine plural)
irrévérencieuses (feminine plural)

From irrévérence + -eux or ir- + révérencieux.


zozo

(childish, Haiti, Louisiana, Missouri, Cajun) Alternative spelling of zeauzeau (“bird”)


trompeur

trompeur (feminine trompeuse, masculine plural trompeurs, feminine plural trompeuses)

trompeuse (feminine)
trompeurs (masculine plural)
trompeuses (feminine plural)


intrépide

Learned borrowing from Latin intrepidus.


serius

la-adj

sērius (feminine sēria, neuter sērium); first/second-declension adjective

sērius (canonical)
sēria (feminine)
sērium (neuter)
sērius (masculine nominative singular)
sēria (feminine nominative singular)
sērium (neuter nominative singular)
sēriī (masculine nominative singular)
sēriae (feminine nominative plural)
sēria (neuter nominative plural)
sēriī (genitive masculine singular)
sēriae (feminine genitive singular)
sēriī (genitive neuter singular)
sēriōrum (genitive masculine singular)
sēriārum (feminine genitive plural)
sēriōrum (genitive neuter plural)
sēriō (dative masculine singular)
sēriae (dative feminine singular)
sēriō (dative neuter singular)
sēriīs (dative feminine masculine neuter)
sērium (accusative masculine singular)
sēriam (accusative feminine singular)
sērium (accusative neuter singular)
sēriōs (accusative masculine singular)
sēriās (accusative feminine plural)
sēria (accusative neuter plural)
sēriō (ablative masculine singular)
sēriā (ablative feminine singular)
sēriō (ablative neuter singular)
sēriīs (ablative feminine masculine neuter)
sērie (masculine singular vocative)
sēria (feminine singular vocative)
sērium (neuter singular vocative)
sēriī (masculine singular vocative)
sēriae (feminine plural vocative)
sēria (neuter plural vocative)

Asturian: seriu

Italian: serio

Portuguese: sério

Spanish: serio

→ Catalan: sério

Somewhat disputed. There are two main competing hypotheses:
* Usually held to derive via Proto-Italic *swerjos from Proto-Indo-European *swer-yo-s, from the root *swer- (“heavy”). Cognate with Old English swǣr (“heavy, grave, grievous”), German schwer (“hard, difficult, heavy”), Lithuanian sverti (“to weigh, balance”), svarùs (“heavy”). More at sweer.
* According to De Vaan, rather from Proto-Italic *sērjos, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-ro-s + *-yo-, from an uncertain root *seh₁- (“to go slowly?”) (cf. sēgnis (“slow, tardy, sluggish, lazy”)). In this case, equivalent to sērus (“slow, tardy”) + -ius, with semantic shift "slow" > "tiring" > "heavy" > "grave, serious".


décontracté

fr-adj

décontracté (feminine décontractée, masculine plural décontractés, feminine plural décontractées)

décontractée (feminine)
décontractés (masculine plural)
décontractées (feminine plural)

Alors, passons à la pratique avec la phrase Je n’ai rien mangé ce matin. J’ai une faim de loup. Je vous rappelle, cette expression est plutôt courante. Vous pouvez l’utiliser à l’oral dans la plupart des situations. C’est décontracté, mais ça reste courant.

2023, Apprends le français avec Madame à Paname, season 6, episode 9:

Now, let’s move on to practicing with the sentence Je n’ai rien mangé ce matin. J’ai une faim de loup. Let me remind you, this expression is quite common. You can use it in speaking in most situations. It’s informal, but nonetheless common.


courroucé

courroucé (feminine courroucée, masculine plural courroucés, feminine plural courroucées)

courroucée (feminine)
courroucés (masculine plural)
courroucées (feminine plural)

Il avait tiré deux autres bières de sa besace, et s’était lancé dans une diatribe courroucée[…].

2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN:


grognon

grognon (feminine grognonne, masculine plural grognons, feminine plural grognonnes)

grognonne (feminine)
grognons (masculine plural)
grognonnes (feminine plural)


vinsamlegur

is-adj

vinsamlegur (comparative vinsamlegri, superlative vinsamlegastur)

vinsamlegri (comparative)
vinsamlegastur (superlative)
vinsamlegur (masculine nominative strong)
vinsamleg (feminine nominative strong)
vinsamlegt (neuter nominative strong)
vinsamlegan (accusative masculine strong)
vinsamlega (accusative feminine strong)
vinsamlegt (accusative neuter strong)
vinsamlegum (dative masculine strong)
vinsamlegri (dative feminine strong)
vinsamlegu (dative neuter strong)
vinsamlegs (genitive masculine strong)
vinsamlegrar (feminine genitive strong)
vinsamlegs (genitive neuter strong)
vinsamlegir (masculine nominative strong)
vinsamlegar (feminine nominative strong)
vinsamleg (neuter nominative strong)
vinsamlega (accusative masculine strong)
vinsamlegar (accusative feminine strong)
vinsamleg (accusative neuter strong)
vinsamlegum (dative strong)
vinsamlegra (genitive strong)
vinsamlegi (masculine nominative weak)
vinsamlega (feminine nominative weak)
vinsamlega (neuter nominative weak)
vinsamlega (masculine weak)
vinsamlegu (feminine weak)
vinsamlega (neuter weak)
vinsamlegu (plural weak)
vinsamlegri (comparative masculine singular weak)
vinsamlegri (comparative feminine singular weak)
vinsamlegra (comparative neuter singular weak)
vinsamlegri (comparative plural weak)
vinsamlegastur (masculine nominative strong superlative)
vinsamlegust (feminine nominative strong superlative)
vinsamlegast (neuter nominative strong superlative)
vinsamlegastan (accusative masculine strong superlative)
vinsamlegasta (accusative feminine strong superlative)
vinsamlegast (accusative neuter strong superlative)
vinsamlegustum (dative masculine strong superlative)
vinsamlegastri (dative feminine strong superlative)
vinsamlegustu (dative neuter strong superlative)
vinsamlegasts (genitive masculine strong superlative)
vinsamlegastrar (feminine genitive strong superlative)
vinsamlegasts (genitive neuter strong superlative)
vinsamlegastir (masculine nominative strong superlative)
vinsamlegastar (feminine nominative strong superlative)
vinsamlegust (neuter nominative strong superlative)
vinsamlegasta (accusative masculine strong superlative)
vinsamlegastar (accusative feminine strong superlative)
vinsamlegust (accusative neuter strong superlative)
vinsamlegustum (dative strong superlative)
vinsamlegastra (genitive strong superlative)
vinsamlegasti (masculine nominative superlative weak)
vinsamlegasta (feminine nominative superlative weak)
vinsamlegasta (neuter nominative superlative weak)
vinsamlegasta (masculine superlative weak)
vinsamlegustu (feminine superlative weak)
vinsamlegasta (neuter superlative weak)
vinsamlegustu (plural superlative weak)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Icelandic, English)

Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations.

Það er mikilsvert að efla vinsamleg samskipti þjóða í milli.


ball of fire

"I wonder how fast this feller is? Ever heard?"
"They seem to think he's a whirlin' ball of fire, but that don't worry you none, does it?"

1910, Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 16, in Going Some: A Romance of Strenuous Affection:

Despite Kennedy's glowing tribute, Hernandez was no ball of fire his first year as a pro.

1981, Jim Brosnan, “Keith Hernandez on the Rocky Road to Cooperstown,”, in Boys' Life, volume 71, number 9, page 36:

"[T]ell me what you can about her supervisor," I requested. "Woman in her mid-fifties. No ball of fire. She's been with the company for twenty-two years and demonstrated no desire to climb any further."

1994, M. Scott Peck, A World Waiting to Be Born: Civility Rediscovered, →ISBN, page 198:

He really knows how to make a woman feel good. He's a ball of fire in bed.

2008, Frank L. Hicks Jr., Invisible Bridges, →ISBN, page 203:

(idiomatic) A person who is especially active, ambitious, hard-working, or high-achieving.

tehopakkaus

hard-working, high-achieving, ambitious, or active person


pervicax

la-adj

pervicāx (genitive pervicācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

pervicāx (canonical)
pervicācis (genitive)
pervicāx (feminine masculine neuter nominative singular)
pervicācēs (feminine masculine nominative singular)
pervicācia (neuter nominative plural)
pervicācis (feminine genitive masculine neuter singular)
pervicācium (feminine genitive masculine neuter)
pervicācī (dative feminine masculine neuter singular)
pervicācibus (dative feminine masculine neuter)
pervicācem (accusative feminine masculine singular)
pervicāx (accusative neuter singular)
pervicācēs (accusative feminine masculine singular)
pervicācia (accusative neuter plural)
pervicācī (ablative feminine masculine neuter singular)
pervicācibus (ablative feminine masculine neuter)
pervicāx (feminine masculine neuter singular vocative)
pervicācēs (feminine masculine singular vocative)
pervicācia (neuter plural vocative)

English: pervicacious

Italian: pervicace

Portuguese: pervicaz

From pervincō (“I conquer”) + -āx (“inclined to”).


timoré

fr-adj

timoré (feminine timorée, masculine plural timorés, feminine plural timorées)

timorée (feminine)
timorés (masculine plural)
timorées (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin timōrātus.

bor+

timorous, timid, fearful (lacking in courage or confidence)


irréfléchi

fr-adj

irréfléchi (feminine irréfléchie, masculine plural irréfléchis, feminine plural irréfléchies)

irréfléchie (feminine)
irréfléchis (masculine plural)
irréfléchies (feminine plural)


hasardeux

hasardeux (feminine hasardeuse, masculine plural hasardeux, feminine plural hasardeuses)

hasardeuse (feminine)
hasardeux (masculine plural)
hasardeuses (feminine plural)

(of a person, animal) risk-taking, daring


Ebenezer Scrooge

en-noun

Ebenezer Scrooge (plural Ebenezer Scrooges)

After the character in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.


hargneux

fr-adj

hargneux (feminine hargneuse, masculine plural hargneux, feminine plural hargneuses)

hargneuse (feminine)
hargneux (masculine plural)
hargneuses (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French hargneux, from Old French hergnos (“aggressive”), derivative of Old French hergne (“quarrel, dispute”), from hergner (“to wail, complain”), from Frankish *harmēn (“to insult, injure”), from Proto-Germanic *harmāną (“to harm, shame, pain”).

der

chien hargneux a toujours l’oreille déchirée


kolerisk

head

kolerisk (comparative mer kolerisk, superlative mest kolerisk)

mer kolerisk (comparative)
mest kolerisk (superlative)
kolerisk (indefinite positive)
mer kolerisk (comparative indefinite)
mest kolerisk (indefinite superlative)
koleriskt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
mer koleriskt (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
mest koleriskt (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
koleriska (indefinite plural positive)
mer koleriska (comparative indefinite plural)
mest koleriska (indefinite plural superlative)
koleriske (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
mer koleriska (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
mest koleriska (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
koleriske (definite masculine positive singular)
mer koleriske (comparative definite masculine singular)
mest koleriske (definite masculine singular superlative)
koleriska (definite positive)
mer koleriska (comparative definite)
mest koleriska (definite superlative)

From Latin cholericus, from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile, gall”). Compare German cholerisch, French cholérique.


laxiste

From Latin laxō (“I relax, moderate, weaken”) + -iste.


inculte

fr-noun

inculte m or f by sense (plural incultes)


estúpid

ca-noun

estúpid m (plural estúpids, feminine estúpida)

From Middle French stupide, from Latin stupidus (“struck senseless, amazed”), from stupeō (“be amazed or confounded, be struck senseless”).


imbècil

ca-adj

imbècil m or f (masculine and feminine plural imbècils)

Borrowed from Latin imbēcillus (“weak, feeble”, literally “without a staff”).


imbècil

ca-noun

imbècil m or f by sense (plural imbècils)


vivaz

es-adj

vivaz m or f (masculine and feminine plural vivaces)


fräck

head

fräck (comparative fräckare, superlative fräckast)

fräckare (comparative)
fräckast (superlative)
fräck (indefinite positive)
fräckare (comparative indefinite)
fräckast (indefinite superlative)
fräckt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
fräckare (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
fräckast (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
fräcka (indefinite plural positive)
fräckare (comparative indefinite plural)
fräckast (indefinite plural superlative)
fräcke (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
fräckare (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
fräckast (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
fräcke (definite masculine positive singular)
fräckare (comparative definite masculine singular)
fräckaste (definite masculine singular superlative)
fräcka (definite positive)
fräckare (comparative definite)
fräckaste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse frekr (“greedy, assertive, pushy”); see also Icelandic frekur, German frech.

inh

Vilken fräck kommentar! Så säger man inte till sin egen mamma!

What a rude comment! You don't talk like that to your own mother!

brazen, shameless or impudent; shocking or audacious


zinzin

For the first two meanings, the origin is unclear, but maybe from German Wahnsinn or Dutch waanzin.


morosus

la-adj

mōrōsus (feminine mōrōsa, neuter mōrōsum, comparative mōrōsior, superlative mōrōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

mōrōsus (canonical)
mōrōsa (feminine)
mōrōsum (neuter)
mōrōsior (comparative)
mōrōsissimus (superlative)
mōrōsus (masculine nominative singular)
mōrōsa (feminine nominative singular)
mōrōsum (neuter nominative singular)
mōrōsī (masculine nominative singular)
mōrōsae (feminine nominative plural)
mōrōsa (neuter nominative plural)
mōrōsī (genitive masculine singular)
mōrōsae (feminine genitive singular)
mōrōsī (genitive neuter singular)
mōrōsōrum (genitive masculine singular)
mōrōsārum (feminine genitive plural)
mōrōsōrum (genitive neuter plural)
mōrōsō (dative masculine singular)
mōrōsae (dative feminine singular)
mōrōsō (dative neuter singular)
mōrōsīs (dative feminine masculine neuter)
mōrōsum (accusative masculine singular)
mōrōsam (accusative feminine singular)
mōrōsum (accusative neuter singular)
mōrōsōs (accusative masculine singular)
mōrōsās (accusative feminine plural)
mōrōsa (accusative neuter plural)
mōrōsō (ablative masculine singular)
mōrōsā (ablative feminine singular)
mōrōsō (ablative neuter singular)
mōrōsīs (ablative feminine masculine neuter)
mōrōse (masculine singular vocative)
mōrōsa (feminine singular vocative)
mōrōsum (neuter singular vocative)
mōrōsī (masculine singular vocative)
mōrōsae (feminine plural vocative)
mōrōsa (neuter plural vocative)

English: morose

captious, persnickety, fastidious, difficult (to please)


dolosus

dolōsus (feminine dolōsa, neuter dolōsum, adverb dolōsē); first/second-declension adjective

dolōsus (canonical)
dolōsa (feminine)
dolōsum (neuter)
dolōsē (adverb)
dolōsus (masculine nominative singular)
dolōsa (feminine nominative singular)
dolōsum (neuter nominative singular)
dolōsī (masculine nominative singular)
dolōsae (feminine nominative plural)
dolōsa (neuter nominative plural)
dolōsī (genitive masculine singular)
dolōsae (feminine genitive singular)
dolōsī (genitive neuter singular)
dolōsōrum (genitive masculine singular)
dolōsārum (feminine genitive plural)
dolōsōrum (genitive neuter plural)
dolōsō (dative masculine singular)
dolōsae (dative feminine singular)
dolōsō (dative neuter singular)
dolōsīs (dative feminine masculine neuter)
dolōsum (accusative masculine singular)
dolōsam (accusative feminine singular)
dolōsum (accusative neuter singular)
dolōsōs (accusative masculine singular)
dolōsās (accusative feminine plural)
dolōsa (accusative neuter plural)
dolōsō (ablative masculine singular)
dolōsā (ablative feminine singular)
dolōsō (ablative neuter singular)
dolōsīs (ablative feminine masculine neuter)
dolōse (masculine singular vocative)
dolōsa (feminine singular vocative)
dolōsum (neuter singular vocative)
dolōsī (masculine singular vocative)
dolōsae (feminine plural vocative)
dolōsa (neuter plural vocative)

Catalan: dolós

→ English: dolose

Italian: doloso

Portuguese: doloso

Spanish: doloso

[d̪ɔˈɫ̪oːs̠ʊs̠]


insensé

fr-adj

insensé (feminine insensée, masculine plural insensés, feminine plural insensées)

insensée (feminine)
insensés (masculine plural)
insensées (feminine plural)


sagax

la-adj

sagāx (genitive sagācis, superlative sagācissimus, adverb sagāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

sagāx (canonical)
sagācis (genitive)
sagācissimus (superlative)
sagāciter (adverb)
sagāx (feminine masculine neuter nominative singular)
sagācēs (feminine masculine nominative singular)
sagācia (neuter nominative plural)
sagācis (feminine genitive masculine neuter singular)
sagācium (feminine genitive masculine neuter)
sagācī (dative feminine masculine neuter singular)
sagācibus (dative feminine masculine neuter)
sagācem (accusative feminine masculine singular)
sagāx (accusative neuter singular)
sagācēs (accusative feminine masculine singular)
sagācia (accusative neuter plural)
sagācī (ablative feminine masculine neuter singular)
sagācibus (ablative feminine masculine neuter)
sagāx (feminine masculine neuter singular vocative)
sagācēs (feminine masculine singular vocative)
sagācia (neuter plural vocative)

Catalan: sagaç

French: sagace

Galician: sagaz

Italian: sagace

Portuguese: sagaz

Romanian: sagace

Spanish: sagaz

[ˈs̠äɡäːks̠]

From sāgiō (“I perceive”) + -āx (“inclined to”).

suffix

intellectually quick, keen, acute, shrewd, sagacious


skämtsam

head

skämtsam (comparative skämtsammare, superlative skämtsammast)

skämtsammare (comparative)
skämtsammast (superlative)
skämtsam (indefinite positive)
skämtsammare (comparative indefinite)
skämtsammast (indefinite superlative)
skämtsamt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
skämtsammare (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
skämtsammast (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
skämtsamma (indefinite plural positive)
skämtsammare (comparative indefinite plural)
skämtsammast (indefinite plural superlative)
skämtsamme (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
skämtsammare (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
skämtsammast (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
skämtsamme (definite masculine positive singular)
skämtsammare (comparative definite masculine singular)
skämtsammaste (definite masculine singular superlative)
skämtsamma (definite positive)
skämtsammare (comparative definite)
skämtsammaste (definite superlative)

Det sades i en skämtsam ton


bienveillant

fr-adj

bienveillant (feminine bienveillante, masculine plural bienveillants, feminine plural bienveillantes)

bienveillante (feminine)
bienveillants (masculine plural)
bienveillantes (feminine plural)

From bien (“well”) + veuillant (archaic present participle of vouloir; unrelated to veiller). Calque of Latin benevolēns.

Ton âme est la fraîcheur, ton âme est la rosée, / Ton âme est ce regard bienveillant du matin

1909, Renée Vivien, “Ton âme”, in Poèmes:

Your soul is cool air, your soul is dew, / Your soul is the benevolent gaze of the morning


fastus

la-noun

fāstus m (genitive fāstūs); fourth declension

fāstus (canonical masculine)
fāstūs (genitive)
fāstus (nominative singular)
fāstūs (nominative plural)
fāstūs (genitive singular)
fāstuum (genitive plural)
fāstuī (dative singular)
fāstibus (dative plural)
fāstum (accusative singular)
fāstūs (accusative plural)
fāstū (ablative singular)
fāstibus (ablative plural)
fāstus (singular vocative)
fāstūs (plural vocative)

→ Catalan: fast

→ French: faste

→ Italian: fasto

→ Portuguese: fasto

→ Spanish: fasto

[ˈfäːs̠t̪ʊs̠]

May be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérstus, from *bʰers- (“tip”). See also fastīgium.

fāstus inest pulchrīs, sequiturque superbia fōrmam:

Cold disdain is innate in the fair, and haughtiness accompanies beauty.
1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Trans. & notes by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 28.

arrogance, pride, haughtiness; scornful contempt or disdain of others


féral

fr-adj

féral (feminine férale, masculine plural féraux, feminine plural férales)

férale (feminine)
féraux (masculine plural)
férales (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French, formed from Old French fer (cf. fier) + -al, or borrowed from a Late Latin ferālis, from Latin ferus (“wild”).


impudens

la-adj

impudēns (genitive impudentis, comparative impudentior, superlative impudentissimus, adverb impudenter); third-declension one-termination adjective

impudēns (canonical)
impudentis (genitive)
impudentior (comparative)
impudentissimus (superlative)
impudenter (adverb)
impudēns (feminine masculine neuter nominative singular)
impudentēs (feminine masculine nominative singular)
impudentia (neuter nominative plural)
impudentis (feminine genitive masculine neuter singular)
impudentium (feminine genitive masculine neuter)
impudentī (dative feminine masculine neuter singular)
impudentibus (dative feminine masculine neuter)
impudentem (accusative feminine masculine singular)
impudēns (accusative neuter singular)
impudentēs (accusative feminine masculine singular)
impudentia (accusative neuter plural)
impudentī (ablative feminine masculine neuter singular)
impudentibus (ablative feminine masculine neuter)
impudēns (feminine masculine neuter singular vocative)
impudentēs (feminine masculine singular vocative)
impudentia (neuter plural vocative)

Catalan: impudent

English: impudent

French: impudent

Galician: impudente

Italian: impudente

Spanish: impudente

Portuguese: impudente

[ˈɪmpʊd̪ẽːs̠]

(by extension) not ashamed of immoral behavior


benevolus

benevolus (feminine benevola, neuter benevolum, comparative benevolentior, superlative benevolentissimus, adverb benevolē); first/second-declension adjective

benevola (feminine)
benevolum (neuter)
benevolentior (comparative)
benevolentissimus (superlative)
benevolē (adverb)
benevolus (masculine nominative singular)
benevola (feminine nominative singular)
benevolum (neuter nominative singular)
benevolī (masculine nominative singular)
benevolae (feminine nominative plural)
benevola (neuter nominative plural)
benevolī (genitive masculine singular)
benevolae (feminine genitive singular)
benevolī (genitive neuter singular)
benevolōrum (genitive masculine singular)
benevolārum (feminine genitive plural)
benevolōrum (genitive neuter plural)
benevolō (dative masculine singular)
benevolae (dative feminine singular)
benevolō (dative neuter singular)
benevolīs (dative feminine masculine neuter)
benevolum (accusative masculine singular)
benevolam (accusative feminine singular)
benevolum (accusative neuter singular)
benevolōs (accusative masculine singular)
benevolās (accusative feminine plural)
benevola (accusative neuter plural)
benevolō (ablative masculine singular)
benevolā (ablative feminine singular)
benevolō (ablative neuter singular)
benevolīs (ablative feminine masculine neuter)
benevole (masculine singular vocative)
benevola (feminine singular vocative)
benevolum (neuter singular vocative)
benevolī (masculine singular vocative)
benevolae (feminine plural vocative)
benevola (neuter plural vocative)

Catalan: benèvol

French: bénévole

Galician: benévolo

Italian: benevolo

Portuguese: benévolo

Spanish: benévolo

[bɛˈneu̯ɔɫ̪ʊs̠]

From bene (“well”) + -volus (“willing”). Reflects bene volō.


радостный

ru-adj

ра́достный • (rádostnyj) (comparative (по)ра́достнее or (по)ра́достней)

ра́достный (canonical)
rádostnyj (romanization)
(по)ра́достнее (comparative)
(по)ра́достней (comparative)
ра́достный (masculine nominative)
ра́достное (neuter nominative)
ра́достная (feminine nominative)
ра́достные (nominative plural)
ра́достного (genitive masculine neuter)
ра́достной (feminine genitive)
ра́достных (genitive plural)
ра́достному (dative masculine neuter)
ра́достной (dative feminine)
ра́достным (dative plural)
ра́достного (accusative animate masculine)
ра́достное (accusative neuter)
ра́достную (accusative feminine)
ра́достных (accusative animate plural)
ра́достный (accusative inanimate masculine)
ра́достные (accusative inanimate plural)
ра́достным (instrumental masculine neuter)
ра́достной (feminine instrumental)
ра́достною (feminine instrumental)
ра́достными (instrumental plural)
ра́достном (masculine neuter prepositional)
ра́достной (feminine prepositional)
ра́достных (plural prepositional)
ра́достен (masculine short-form)
ра́достно (neuter short-form)
ра́достна (feminine short-form)
ра́достны (plural short-form)

Ru-радостный.ogg

ра́‧дост‧ный

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *radostьnъ. By surface analysis, ра́дость (rádostʹ) + -ный (-nyj).


flegmatisk

flegmatisk (indefinite positive)
mer flegmatisk (comparative indefinite)
mest flegmatisk (indefinite superlative)
flegmatiskt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
mer flegmatiskt (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
mest flegmatiskt (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
flegmatiska (indefinite plural positive)
mer flegmatiska (comparative indefinite plural)
mest flegmatiska (indefinite plural superlative)
flegmatiske (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
mer flegmatiska (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
mest flegmatiska (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
flegmatiske (definite masculine positive singular)
mer flegmatiske (comparative definite masculine singular)
mest flegmatiske (definite masculine singular superlative)
flegmatiska (definite positive)
mer flegmatiska (comparative definite)
mest flegmatiska (definite superlative)

flegma + -isk, derived from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma, “phlegma”).


Silent Sam

From silent (“speechless, mute”) + Sam (“diminutive of male given name Samuel”). From ante 1920.

Ingredients: 13 oz vodka, 1 liter cola, (pepsi, coca cola...), 6-10 scoops iced tea. . . . Add all ingredients to a punch bowl.

2010, “Silent Sam Mix Cocktail Recipe”, in www.1001cocktails.com, retrieved 2011-04-20:

(informal) A mixed alcoholic beverage, usually containing vodka, a cola soft drink, and other ingredients.


condescendiente

es-adj

condescendiente m or f (masculine and feminine plural condescendientes)

condescendientes (feminine masculine plural)


condescendiente

Likely a Calque of English condescending.


brass-balled

en-adj

brass-balled (comparative more brass-balled, superlative most brass-balled)

more brass-balled (comparative)
most brass-balled (superlative)


radieux

fr-adj

radieux (feminine radieuse, masculine plural radieux, feminine plural radieuses)

radieuse (feminine)
radieux (masculine plural)
radieuses (feminine plural)


imaginatif

imaginatif (feminine imaginative, masculine plural imaginatifs, feminine plural imaginatives)

imaginative (feminine)
imaginatifs (masculine plural)
imaginatives (feminine plural)


psychotique

From psychose, on the model of névrose–névrotique.


psychotique

fr-noun

psychotique m or f by sense (plural psychotiques)


pretentiös

head

pretentiös (comparative pretentiösare, superlative pretentiösast)

pretentiösare (comparative)
pretentiösast (superlative)
pretentiös (indefinite positive)
pretentiösare (comparative indefinite)
pretentiösast (indefinite superlative)
pretentiöst (indefinite neuter positive singular)
pretentiösare (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
pretentiösast (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
pretentiösa (indefinite plural positive)
pretentiösare (comparative indefinite plural)
pretentiösast (indefinite plural superlative)
pretentiöse (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
pretentiösare (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
pretentiösast (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
pretentiöse (definite masculine positive singular)
pretentiösare (comparative definite masculine singular)
pretentiösaste (definite masculine singular superlative)
pretentiösa (definite positive)
pretentiösare (comparative definite)
pretentiösaste (definite superlative)


mélodramatique

→ Turkish: melodramatik

From mélodrame + -ique, modelled after dramatique.


servicial

es-adj

servicial m or f (masculine and feminine plural serviciales)


rumourer

Near-synonyms: gossipmonger, newsmonger, scandalmonger; blabbermouth, talebearer, telltale; gossip, gossiper; see also Thesaurus:gossiper

One who rumours; a teller of news; a spreader of reports.


cocasse

[…] lui annonce, dans un café, qu’il la quitte. Elle s’effondre. Ce devrait être triste, et c’est aussi cocasse qu’une scène de rupture chez Woody Allen.

2019 January 29, “"Les Estivants", "The Place"... Les films à voir (ou pas) cette semaine”, in L'Obs:

[…] announces to her, in a café, that he's leaving her. She collapses. It should be sad, and it's as funny as a break-up scene in a Woody Allen film.


fringant

fr-adj

fringant (feminine fringante, masculine plural fringants, feminine plural fringantes)

fringante (feminine)
fringants (masculine plural)
fringantes (feminine plural)


badin

badin (feminine badine, masculine plural badins, feminine plural badines)

badine (feminine)
badins (masculine plural)
badines (feminine plural)


revanchard

revanchard (feminine revancharde, masculine plural revanchards, feminine plural revanchardes)

revancharde (feminine)
revanchards (masculine plural)
revanchardes (feminine plural)

/ʁə.vɑ̃.ʃaʁ/


hédoniste

fr-noun

hédoniste m or f by sense (plural hédonistes)

From Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”) + -iste.


téméraire

Learned borrowing from Latin temerārius.

courageux mais pas téméraire

not too brave, rather cowardly (literally, “brave but not reckless”)


book smart

en-adj

book smart (comparative more book smart, superlative most book smart)

more book smart (comparative)
most book smart (superlative)

Coordinate term: street smart

Having knowledge obtained by reading and studying, rather than by practical experience.


attention seeker

en-noun

attention seeker (plural attention seekers)

A person who tries to get attention, typically in a manner considered excessive or inappropriate.


fou de la gâchette

fr-adj

fou de la gâchette (feminine folle de la gâchette, masculine plural fous de la gâchette, feminine plural folles de la gâchette)

folle de la gâchette (feminine)
fous de la gâchette (masculine plural)
folles de la gâchette (feminine plural)

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fou de la gâchette

fr-noun

fou de la gâchette m (plural fous de la gâchette, feminine folle de la gâchette)

fous de la gâchette (plural)
folle de la gâchette (feminine)


malade de la gâchette

fr-adj

malade de la gâchette (plural malades de la gâchette)

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malade de la gâchette

fr-noun

malade de la gâchette m or f by sense (plural malades de la gâchette)


moonling

From moon + -ling. Compare moon-related origins of lunacy and lunatic.

The sky was not quite as blue as her—Thunderation, he was no moonling!

2011, Barbara Metzger, A Suspicious Affair:

Remaining there long enough to hear Those words that moonling longs to hear...I love you

2013, Zara Borthwick, Nicholas Arnold, Wonderful, page 55:

Here he was, reputed to be a rake among rakes, but he discovered, where Thea was concerned, he was as vulnerable and uncertain as the greenest moonling in love for the first time.

2017, Shirlee Busbee, Swear by Moonlight:

(archaic or poetic) One who is lovesick; one who moons over a beloved.

"I see. He's a black man. But Jacob Millhaven is not black. Eldridge was left on his doorstep as a baby, and the philosopher adopted him." "Oh! Then he's a moonling! He doesn't seem to suffer from any stigma."

2011, M. P. Rogers, Oona Paraselene, page 140:


rustre

Inherited from Latin rusticus. Doublet of rustique.


méfiant

fr-adj

méfiant (feminine méfiante, masculine plural méfiants, feminine plural méfiantes)

méfiante (feminine)
méfiants (masculine plural)
méfiantes (feminine plural)


pussyboy

Ted is such a pussy boy fleeing whenever there is danger or drama, or even a spider!

(slang, derogatory) An especially cowardly or otherwise unmanly young man.


fortitudinous

en-adj

fortitudinous (comparative more fortitudinous, superlative most fortitudinous)

more fortitudinous (comparative)
most fortitudinous (superlative)

these fortitudinous heroes are awed by the superior fierceness of the lions and tigers

1788, Edward Gibbon, chapter LII, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire:

as brave and fortitudinous a man as any in the king's dominions

1751 December (indicated as 1752), Henry Fielding, Amelia, volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: […] A[ndrew] Millar […], →OCLC:


hostificus

la-adj

hostificus (feminine hostifica, neuter hostificum); first/second-declension adjective

hostifica (feminine)
hostificum (neuter)
hostificus (masculine nominative singular)
hostifica (feminine nominative singular)
hostificum (neuter nominative singular)
hostificī (masculine nominative singular)
hostificae (feminine nominative plural)
hostifica (neuter nominative plural)
hostificī (genitive masculine singular)
hostificae (feminine genitive singular)
hostificī (genitive neuter singular)
hostificōrum (genitive masculine singular)
hostificārum (feminine genitive plural)
hostificōrum (genitive neuter plural)
hostificō (dative masculine singular)
hostificae (dative feminine singular)
hostificō (dative neuter singular)
hostificīs (dative feminine masculine neuter)
hostificum (accusative masculine singular)
hostificam (accusative feminine singular)
hostificum (accusative neuter singular)
hostificōs (accusative masculine singular)
hostificās (accusative feminine plural)
hostifica (accusative neuter plural)
hostificō (ablative masculine singular)
hostificā (ablative feminine singular)
hostificō (ablative neuter singular)
hostificīs (ablative feminine masculine neuter)
hostifice (masculine singular vocative)
hostifica (feminine singular vocative)
hostificum (neuter singular vocative)
hostificī (masculine singular vocative)
hostificae (feminine plural vocative)
hostifica (neuter plural vocative)

[hɔs̠ˈt̪ɪfɪkʊs̠]


sensé

fr-adj

sensé (feminine sensée, masculine plural sensés, feminine plural sensées)

sensée (feminine)
sensés (masculine plural)
sensées (feminine plural)

[D]u jour où Basile a su que la belle Quitéria épousait Camache le Riche, on ne l’a plus vu rire, on ne l’a plus entendu tenir un propos sensé.

1837, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XIX, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume II, Paris: J[acques]-J[ulien] Dubochet et Cⁱᵉ, éditeurs, […], →OCLC:

From the day when Basilio learned that the beautiful Quiteria would marry Camacho the Rich, you didn't see him laughing anymore, you didn't hear him make a sensible remark.


grincheux

grincheux (feminine grincheuse, masculine plural grincheux, feminine plural grincheuses)

grincheuse (feminine)
grincheux (masculine plural)
grincheuses (feminine plural)


compatissant

compatissant (feminine compatissante, masculine plural compatissants, feminine plural compatissantes)

compatissante (feminine)
compatissants (masculine plural)
compatissantes (feminine plural)


indiscipliné

indiscipliné (feminine indisciplinée, masculine plural indisciplinés, feminine plural indisciplinées)

indisciplinée (feminine)
indisciplinés (masculine plural)
indisciplinées (feminine plural)


idéaliste

fr-noun

idéaliste m or f by sense (plural idéalistes)


lunatique

Inherited from Old French lunatique, borrowed from Late Latin lūnāticus (“moonstruck”), derived from Latin lūna (“moon”). Replaced the older lunage.


sarcastique

→ Greek: σαρκαστικός (sarkastikós)

→ Romanian: sarcastic

→ Turkish: sarkastik

Coined after sarcasme. The Modern Greek word σαρκαστικός (sarkastikós) is a borrowing from French.


ennuyant

fr-adj

ennuyant (feminine ennuyante, masculine plural ennuyants, feminine plural ennuyantes)

ennuyante (feminine)
ennuyants (masculine plural)
ennuyantes (feminine plural)


acéré

acéré (feminine acérée, masculine plural acérés, feminine plural acérées)

acérée (feminine)
acérés (masculine plural)
acérées (feminine plural)


cabezota

es-adj

cabezota m or f (masculine and feminine plural cabezotas)


Debbie Downer

Popularized as the name of a recurring character on the comedy show Saturday Night Live.

I don't want to be a Debbie Downer, but…

Everyone has met a Debbie Downer. They are filled with complaints, see everything darkly, and feel like a victim of life. And that is the energy they bring to themselves.

2021, Thomas L. Norris, A Fresh Cup of Counseling, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN:

(informal, derogatory) A naysayer; one whose negative remarks depress or dissuade others.


artificieux

fr-adj

artificieux (feminine artificieuse, masculine plural artificieux, feminine plural artificieuses)

artificieuse (feminine)
artificieux (masculine plural)
artificieuses (feminine plural)


attentionné

attentionné (feminine attentionnée, masculine plural attentionnés, feminine plural attentionnées)

attentionnée (feminine)
attentionnés (masculine plural)
attentionnées (feminine plural)


autosuffisant

autosuffisant (feminine autosuffisante, masculine plural autosuffisants, feminine plural autosuffisantes)

autosuffisante (feminine)
autosuffisants (masculine plural)
autosuffisantes (feminine plural)


caractériel

caractériel (feminine caractérielle, masculine plural caractériels, feminine plural caractérielles)

caractérielle (feminine)
caractériels (masculine plural)
caractérielles (feminine plural)


circonspect

circonspect (feminine circonspecte, masculine plural circonspects, feminine plural circonspectes)

circonspecte (feminine)
circonspects (masculine plural)
circonspectes (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin circumspectus, from circum (“around”) and specio (“to look”).


cabezadura

es-adj

cabezadura m or f (masculine and feminine plural cabezaduras)

headstrong, hardheaded, pigheaded, stubborn


consciencieux

fr-adj

consciencieux (feminine consciencieuse, masculine plural consciencieux, feminine plural consciencieuses)

consciencieuse (feminine)
consciencieux (masculine plural)
consciencieuses (feminine plural)

From Middle French conscientieux. By surface analysis, conscience + -eux.


contemplatif

contemplatif (feminine contemplative, masculine plural contemplatifs, feminine plural contemplatives)

contemplative (feminine)
contemplatifs (masculine plural)
contemplatives (feminine plural)


selfsecure

en-adj

selfsecure (comparative more selfsecure, superlative most selfsecure)

more selfsecure (comparative)
most selfsecure (superlative)

From self- + secure, probably a calque of German selbstsicher (“selfsecure, self-assured, self-confident”). Compare also Dutch zelfzeker, zelfverzekerd (“selfsecure, confident”).

uder

Friendliness and gentleness also apply to self. Children who learn to be gentle and tolerant with themselves grow up to be less stressed and more relaxed and selfsecure.

1993, Linda Eyre, Richard Eyre, Teaching Your Children Values:

Secure in oneself; self-assured; self-confident.


voluptueux

fr-adj

voluptueux (feminine voluptueuse, masculine plural voluptueux, feminine plural voluptueuses)

voluptueuse (feminine)
voluptueux (masculine plural)
voluptueuses (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin voluptuōsus. See volupté and -eux.


discourtois

discourtois (feminine discourtoise, masculine plural discourtois, feminine plural discourtoises)

discourtoise (feminine)
discourtois (masculine plural)
discourtoises (feminine plural)


disert

disert (feminine diserte, masculine plural diserts, feminine plural disertes)

diserte (feminine)
diserts (masculine plural)
disertes (feminine plural)


distrayant

distrayant (feminine distrayante, masculine plural distrayants, feminine plural distrayantes)

distrayante (feminine)
distrayants (masculine plural)
distrayantes (feminine plural)


effronté

effronté (feminine effrontée, masculine plural effrontés, feminine plural effrontées)

effrontée (feminine)
effrontés (masculine plural)
effrontées (feminine plural)


empoté

empoté (feminine empotée, masculine plural empotés, feminine plural empotées)

empotée (feminine)
empotés (masculine plural)
empotées (feminine plural)


inaccesible

es-adj

inaccesible m or f (masculine and feminine plural inaccesibles)

inaccesibles (feminine masculine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin inaccessibilis. By surface analysis, in- + accesible.


épicurien

fr-adj

épicurien (feminine épicurienne, masculine plural épicuriens, feminine plural épicuriennes)

épicurienne (feminine)
épicuriens (masculine plural)
épicuriennes (feminine plural)

epicurean (pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort)


épicurien

fr-noun

épicurien m (plural épicuriens, feminine épicurienne)

épicuriens (plural)
épicurienne (feminine)

epicurean (one who is devoted to pleasure)


Ahabian

en-adj

Ahabian (comparative more Ahabian, superlative most Ahabian)

more Ahabian (comparative)
most Ahabian (superlative)

From Ahab + -ian, after the fictional captain in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick who is obsessed with killing a whale who once injured him.


exubérant

fr-adj

exubérant (feminine exubérante, masculine plural exubérants, feminine plural exubérantes)

exubérante (feminine)
exubérants (masculine plural)
exubérantes (feminine plural)


faiblard

fr-noun

faiblard m (plural faiblards, feminine faiblarde)


flegmatique

From Latin phlegmaticus, from Ancient Greek φλεγματικός (phlegmatikós), from φλέγμα (phlégma).


flemmard

fr-noun

flemmard m (plural flemmards, feminine flemmarde)


foufou

fr-adj

foufou (feminine fofolle, masculine plural foufous, feminine plural fofolles)

fofolle (feminine)
foufous (masculine plural)
fofolles (feminine plural)


froussard

froussard (feminine froussarde, masculine plural froussards, feminine plural froussardes)

froussarde (feminine)
froussards (masculine plural)
froussardes (feminine plural)


furibard

furibard (feminine furibarde, masculine plural furibards, feminine plural furibardes)

furibarde (feminine)
furibards (masculine plural)
furibardes (feminine plural)


inamical

inamical (feminine inamicale, masculine plural inamicaux, feminine plural inamicales)

inamicale (feminine)
inamicaux (masculine plural)
inamicales (feminine plural)


inconsidéré

inconsidéré (feminine inconsidérée, masculine plural inconsidérés, feminine plural inconsidérées)

inconsidérée (feminine)
inconsidérés (masculine plural)
inconsidérées (feminine plural)


inconvenant

inconvenant (feminine inconvenante, masculine plural inconvenants, feminine plural inconvenantes)

inconvenante (feminine)
inconvenants (masculine plural)
inconvenantes (feminine plural)


indécent

indécent (feminine indécente, masculine plural indécents, feminine plural indécentes)

indécente (feminine)
indécents (masculine plural)
indécentes (feminine plural)

à une heure indécente


industrieux

industrieux (feminine industrieuse, masculine plural industrieux, feminine plural industrieuses)

industrieuse (feminine)
industrieux (masculine plural)
industrieuses (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin industriōsus. By surface analysis, industrie + -eux.


inorganisé

inorganisé (feminine inorganisée, masculine plural inorganisés, feminine plural inorganisées)

inorganisée (feminine)
inorganisés (masculine plural)
inorganisées (feminine plural)


licencieux

licencieux (feminine licencieuse, masculine plural licencieux, feminine plural licencieuses)

licencieuse (feminine)
licencieux (masculine plural)
licencieuses (feminine plural)

From Latin licentiōsus, from licentia (“license, freedom”).


malveillant

malveillant (feminine malveillante, masculine plural malveillants, feminine plural malveillantes)

malveillante (feminine)
malveillants (masculine plural)
malveillantes (feminine plural)

From mal (“bad”) + veuillant (archaic present participle of vouloir; unrelated to veiller). Calque of Latin malevolēns.


mensonger

mensonger (feminine mensongère, masculine plural mensongers, feminine plural mensongères)

mensongère (feminine)
mensongers (masculine plural)
mensongères (feminine plural)

publicité mensongère

false, mendacious, deceitful, untruthful


nullard

nullard (feminine nullarde, masculine plural nullards, feminine plural nullardes)

nullarde (feminine)
nullards (masculine plural)
nullardes (feminine plural)


oléagineux

oléagineux (feminine oléagineuse, masculine plural oléagineux, feminine plural oléagineuses)

oléagineuse (feminine)
oléagineux (masculine plural)
oléagineuses (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin oleāginōsus.


pantouflard

fr-noun

pantouflard m (plural pantouflards, feminine pantouflarde)

pantouflards (plural)
pantouflarde (feminine)

Robert, quel pantouflard, il ne veut pas sortir avec nous en boîte !

Robert's such a couch potato, he doesn't want to go to the club with us!


peinard

fr-adj

peinard (feminine peinarde, masculine plural peinards, feminine plural peinardes)

peinarde (feminine)
peinards (masculine plural)
peinardes (feminine plural)


pétochard

pétochard (feminine pétocharde, masculine plural pétochards, feminine plural pétochardes)

pétocharde (feminine)
pétochards (masculine plural)
pétochardes (feminine plural)


pétulant

pétulant (feminine pétulante, masculine plural pétulants, feminine plural pétulantes)

pétulante (feminine)
pétulants (masculine plural)
pétulantes (feminine plural)


pinailleur

fr-noun

pinailleur m (plural pinailleurs, feminine pinailleuse)

pinailleurs (plural)
pinailleuse (feminine)


pointilleux

fr-adj

pointilleux (feminine pointilleuse, masculine plural pointilleux, feminine plural pointilleuses)

pointilleuse (feminine)
pointilleux (masculine plural)
pointilleuses (feminine plural)

From pointiller + -eux, from pointille, from Italian puntiglio.


rageur

rageur (feminine rageuse, masculine plural rageurs, feminine plural rageuses)

rageuse (feminine)
rageurs (masculine plural)
rageuses (feminine plural)


raisonneur

raisonneur (feminine raisonneuse, masculine plural raisonneurs, feminine plural raisonneuses)

raisonneuse (feminine)
raisonneurs (masculine plural)
raisonneuses (feminine plural)


ödmjuk

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ödmjuk (comparative ödmjukare, superlative ödmjukast)

ödmjukare (comparative)
ödmjukast (superlative)
ödmjuk (indefinite positive)
ödmjukare (comparative indefinite)
ödmjukast (indefinite superlative)
ödmjukt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
ödmjukare (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
ödmjukast (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
ödmjuka (indefinite plural positive)
ödmjukare (comparative indefinite plural)
ödmjukast (indefinite plural superlative)
ödmjuke (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
ödmjukare (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
ödmjukast (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
ödmjuke (definite masculine positive singular)
ödmjukare (comparative definite masculine singular)
ödmjukaste (definite masculine singular superlative)
ödmjuka (definite positive)
ödmjukare (comparative definite)
ödmjukaste (definite superlative)

From Old Swedish ø̄þmiūker. Compare Icelandic auðmjúkur, Faroese eyðmjúkur, Danish ydmyg.


rigolard

fr-adj

rigolard (feminine rigolarde, masculine plural rigolards, feminine plural rigolardes)

rigolarde (feminine)
rigolards (masculine plural)
rigolardes (feminine plural)


ronchon

ronchon (feminine ronchonne, masculine plural ronchons, feminine plural ronchonnes)

ronchonne (feminine)
ronchons (masculine plural)
ronchonnes (feminine plural)


introvertido

es-adj

introvertido (feminine introvertida, masculine plural introvertidos, feminine plural introvertidas)

introvertida (feminine)
introvertidos (masculine plural)
introvertidas (feminine plural)


introvertido

es-noun

introvertido m (plural introvertidos, feminine introvertida, feminine plural introvertidas)

introvertidos (plural)
introvertida (feminine)
introvertidas (feminine plural)


extrovertido

es-adj

extrovertido (feminine extrovertida, masculine plural extrovertidos, feminine plural extrovertidas)

extrovertida (feminine)
extrovertidos (masculine plural)
extrovertidas (feminine plural)


extrovertido

es-noun

extrovertido m (plural extrovertidos, feminine extrovertida, feminine plural extrovertidas)

extrovertidos (plural)
extrovertida (feminine)
extrovertidas (feminine plural)


extroversión

Alternative form of extraversión (“extroversion”)


perceptif

fr-adj

perceptif (feminine perceptive, masculine plural perceptifs, feminine plural perceptives)

perceptive (feminine)
perceptifs (masculine plural)
perceptives (feminine plural)

Learned formation from the root of Latin perceptus and the suffix -if. Cf. also Medieval Latin perceptivus.


tatillon

tatillon (feminine tatillonne, masculine plural tatillons, feminine plural tatillonnes)

tatillonne (feminine)
tatillons (masculine plural)
tatillonnes (feminine plural)

tatillon sur


veinard

fr-noun

veinard m (plural veinards, feminine veinarde)

petit veinard


vétilleux

fr-adj

vétilleux (feminine vétilleuse, masculine plural vétilleux, feminine plural vétilleuses)

vétilleuse (feminine)
vétilleux (masculine plural)
vétilleuses (feminine plural)


drama llama

/ˈdɹɑːmə ˈlɑːmə/

Drama is consuming. It destroys relationships. It opens a door for gossip, lying, and jealousy and is a big, fat time-sucker. The Scripture above says it all! You and I both know when the drama llama, has not just paid a visit, but also made herself right at home. It is time to evaluate your life—starting with yourself—and kick that Llama out the door.

2011, Gillian M. Henriques, Toshana N. Sledge, Tina Turner, Marcy Bomhak, Hers to Treasure: 100 Devotional/Journal from Sisters in Christ (Women's Fellowship), Bloomington, Ind.: WestBow Press, →ISBN, page 173:

"Aw, Mom. Don't be a drama llama." / "Excuse me?" / "You know, don't make a fuss about nothing." / "But why a llama?" / "Because a drama llama throws drama around like a llama spits. Everywhere!"

2012, Mary Griggs, Crash Stop, Tallahassee, Fla.: Bella Books, →ISBN:

It was certainly true that Lewie was no ordinary llama. Other llamas didn't spend their days singing and dancing and acting! Even his parents, Mama and Papa Llama, had to admit that Lewie was a bit of a Drama Llama.

2013, Rose Impey, Llama Drama – In It To Win It! (Awesome Animals), HarperCollins Children's Books, →ISBN:

I try not to pay too much attention to the drama-llamas and gossip.

2015, Dena Celeste, Her Master's Gift (The Edge), Klawock, Ak.: Decadent Publishing, →ISBN, page 19:


nyfiken

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nyfiken (comparative nyfiknare, superlative nyfiknast)

nyfiknare (comparative)
nyfiknast (superlative)
nyfiken (indefinite positive)
nyfiknare (comparative indefinite)
nyfiknast (indefinite superlative)
nyfiket (indefinite neuter positive singular)
nyfiknare (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
nyfiknast (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
nyfikna (indefinite plural positive)
nyfiknare (comparative indefinite plural)
nyfiknast (indefinite plural superlative)
nyfikne (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
nyfiknare (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
nyfiknast (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
nyfikne (definite masculine positive singular)
nyfiknare (comparative definite masculine singular)
nyfiknaste (definite masculine singular superlative)
nyfikna (definite positive)
nyfiknare (comparative definite)
nyfiknaste (definite superlative)

curious, interested, nosey, nosy, inquisitive


sans-gêne

fr-noun

sans-gêne m or f by sense (plural sans-gênes)

inconsiderate person, shameless person, brazen person, rude person


Dapper Dan

Timothy C. Kelly cultivated a taste for the chivalry and silk handkerchiefs of his parents' generation. "He was a man who enjoyed the finer things in life," said his wife, Julie. ". . . He was a Dapper Dan."

2001 December 18, “Timothy C. Kelly: A Dapper Throwback”, in New York Times, retrieved 2012-12-12:

“We call him Dapper Dan,” the chief pointed to a well-dressed man wearing a white shirt, tie, and a three-piece pin-striped suit.

2010, Charles F. Lee, The Adventures of Ickle, Packy, Pickle and Gooch, →ISBN, page 49:

[T]hey sat together in the front row, together with a very elderly fellow of the kind Carmine always called a “Dapper Dan”—a bit like the 1930s movie star, William Powell, even including the little mustache.

2011, Colleen McCullough, Naked Cruelty, →ISBN:

(informal) A man who dresses and is groomed in a fancy, elegant, or fastidious manner.

франт

A man who dresses in a fancy, elegant, or fastidious manner.


drôle d'oiseau

drôle d’oiseau m (plural drôles d’oiseaux)

drôle d’ oiseau (canonical masculine)
drôles d’oiseaux (plural)

(colloquial) strange bird (unusual person, especially an individual with an idiosyncratic personality or peculiar behavioral characteristics)


outrecuidant

fr-adj

outrecuidant (feminine outrecuidante, masculine plural outrecuidants, feminine plural outrecuidantes)

outrecuidante (feminine)
outrecuidants (masculine plural)
outrecuidantes (feminine plural)


pigg

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pigg (comparative piggare, superlative piggast)

piggare (comparative)
piggast (superlative)
pigg (indefinite positive)
piggare (comparative indefinite)
piggast (indefinite superlative)
piggt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
piggare (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
piggast (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
pigga (indefinite plural positive)
piggare (comparative indefinite plural)
piggast (indefinite plural superlative)
pigge (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
piggare (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
piggast (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
pigge (definite masculine positive singular)
piggare (comparative definite masculine singular)
piggaste (definite masculine singular superlative)
pigga (definite positive)
piggare (comparative definite)
piggaste (definite superlative)

pigga små hundvalpar

pigga pensionärer

pigga ögon

pigga färger

alert, fresh (often after sleeping, as opposed to drowsy)

en pigg 90-åring


fratty

en-adj

fratty (comparative frattier, superlative frattiest)

frattier (comparative)
frattiest (superlative)

I can never hear the professor because these fratty guys spend the whole class talking about partying.

Industrials is the frattiest banking group at Anderson, and that's saying something. This is probably their only free hour all week, and they're going to want to have a good time with their friends.

2019, Madeleine Henry, Breathe In, Cash Out, page 189:

Critics of the advertisement with Ms. Mulvaney had found a podcast interview from March in which Ms. Heinerscheid said that some of Bud Light’s previous advertisements had “fratty, sort of out-of-touch humor” and that the company would need to be more inclusive for its demographic to grow.

2023 April 25, Amanda Holpuch, Julie Creswell, quoting Alissa Heinerscheid, “2 Executives Are on Leave After Bud Light Promotion With Transgender Influencer”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(US slang) Resembling or characteristic of a frat boy in behavior or appearance.


longminded

longminded (comparative more longminded, superlative most longminded)

more longminded (comparative)
most longminded (superlative)

From long + minded. Compare Old English langmōd (“patient, long-suffering”, literally “long-mood”).

cog

They are no more longminded than white people. They know there's not going to be a Negro sheriff. And therefore when they vote, they're going to vote for the less dangerous sheriff, who has to be a Democrat.

1966, Staughton Lynd, Nonviolence in America:

(rare, nonstandard) Patient; longanimous.


zarbi

– Tous les artistes et les génies de l’informatique sont d’anciens intellos coincés. Ou des gens carrément zarbis. Beaucoup d’artistes étaient zarbis au lycée.

2017, Susan Wiggs, La maison du Pacifique:

All the artists and computer geniuses are former stuck-up nerds. Or super weird people. A lot of artists were weird in high school.


өстөөх

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өстөөх • (östööq)

өстөөх харах


куйаар

куйаар мэник

куйаар киһи


intimidateur

fr-noun

intimidateur m (plural intimidateurs, feminine intimidatrice)

intimidateurs (plural)
intimidatrice (feminine)


relou

fr-adj

relou (feminine reloue, masculine plural relous, feminine plural reloues)

reloue (feminine)
relous (masculine plural)
reloues (feminine plural)

Verlan form of lourd (“heavy, burdensome”).

(Verlan) irritating, frustrating, especially to describe a person


inquisitif

inquisitif (feminine inquisitive, masculine plural inquisitifs, feminine plural inquisitives)

inquisitive (feminine)
inquisitifs (masculine plural)
inquisitives (feminine plural)


mignard

mignard (feminine mignarde, masculine plural mignards, feminine plural mignardes)

mignarde (feminine)
mignards (masculine plural)
mignardes (feminine plural)


braggadocious

en-adj

braggadocious (comparative more braggadocious, superlative most braggadocious)

more braggadocious (comparative)
most braggadocious (superlative)

/ˌbɹæ.ɡəˈdəʊ.ʃəs/

He talked in a braggadocious manner about his job, but […] I am not sure how successful he actually was.

2017, Stuart Lewis, When Walls Become Bridges: A Journey of Discovery to Heal and Conquer Hatred, [Toronto]: Stuart Lewis, →ISBN, page 34:

Exhibiting braggadocio; characterized by empty boasts.


papelard

fr-adj

papelard (feminine papelarde, masculine plural papelards, feminine plural papelardes)

papelarde (feminine)
papelards (masculine plural)
papelardes (feminine plural)

From papeler + -ard, from paper (“to chew, eat noisily”), from Latin pappō.


bonnard

bonnard (feminine bonnarde, masculine plural bonnards, feminine plural bonnardes)

bonnarde (feminine)
bonnards (masculine plural)
bonnardes (feminine plural)


verspielt

de-adj

verspielt (strong nominative masculine singular verspielter, comparative verspielter, superlative am verspieltesten)

verspielter (masculine nominative singular strong)
verspielter (comparative)
am verspieltesten (superlative)

playful, frisky, coltish, sportive, cheerful, prankish


Sir Humphrey

From the fictional character Sir Humphrey Appleby, a self-important, Oxford-educated civil servant first depicted in the 1980 premiere of the BBC television series Yes Minister.

Wanted: a Sir Humphrey for funds to hide behind
[...]
Key skills required:
— Ability to move head vertically rather than horizontally when asked to promote anything desired by the fund management companies who pay your salary
— Ability to confuse fact with fiction via misleading random statistics (a mathematics skill would be helpful here)
— Ability to pull wool over the regulators’ eyes while maintaining a straight, poker-like face
— Ability to come up with new reasons à la Humphrey from Yes Minister, as to why any progressive change that might help the consumer is currently unworkable.

2012 May 22, Simon English, “Wanted: a Sir Humphrey for funds to hide behind”, in The London Evening Standard:

Among the most senior honours, the dominance of Sir Humphreys and courtiers is striking. There are gongs galore for the deputy director of this Whitehall department and the head of strategy group at that one, to say nothing of the pile of baubles handed to those who serve the Windsors.

2013 December 31, Jonathan Freedland, “New Year honours should reward achievement, not cronyism”, in The Guardian:

Obsessed only with cost, 'Sir Humphrey' saw that Transport for London 'got away' with ticket office closures on the Tube with only minor public pushback and miscalculated that it could do the same on the national network. This assumption backfired spectacularly.

2023 August 9, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Disinterested and dishonest”, in RAIL, number 989, page 3:

(UK) A high-ranking bureaucrat, particularly one who is elitist and deliberately obscure.