κυμινοπριστοκαρδαμογλύφος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῠμῑνοπρῐ́στης (kumīnoprístēs, miser, scrooge) +‎ κᾰ́ρδᾰμον (kárdamon, watercress) +‎ γλῠ́φω (glúphō, carve, scrape).

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Adjective

κῠμῑνοπρῐστοκᾰρδᾰμογλῠ́φος (kumīnopristokardamoglúphosm or f (neuter κῠμῑνοπρῐστοκᾰρδᾰμογλῠ́φον); second declension

  1. extremely miserly, scrooge-like (literally a cumin-splitting-cress-scraper)
    • 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 1357:
      τὸ γὰρ υἵδιον τηρεῖ με, κἄστι δύσκολον κἄλλως κυμινοπριστοκαρδαμογλύφον.
      tò gàr huídion tēreî me, kásti dúskolon kállōs kuminopristokardamoglúphon.
      • 1912 translation by The Athenian Society
        My dear son never lets me out of his sight; 'tis an unbearable creature, who would quarter a thread and skin a flint.

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