бесподобный

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Russian

Etymology

First attested in 1789. бес- (bes-) +‎ подо́бный (podóbnyj), possibly, a calque of French incomparable.

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Adjective

бесподо́бный (bespodóbnyj)

  1. peerless, incomparable, matchless

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References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “бесподобный”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 54