благовидный

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Russian

Etymology

благо (blago) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ вид (vid) +‎ -ный (-nyj)

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Adjective

благови́дный (blagovídnyj)

  1. (obsolete) comely
    Synonym: благообра́зный (blagoobráznyj)
  2. specious, plausible
    Synonym: приличный (priličnyj)
    благовидный предлогblagovidnyj predlogplausible excuse/pretext; specious excuse/pretext
    под благовидным предлогомpod blagovidnym predlogomon/under a plausible pretext
    • 1893, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], “VII”, in Рассказ неизвестного человека; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., An Anonymous Story, 1917:
      По́сле того́ ве́чера, когда́ говори́ли о слу́жбе, Орло́в, не люби́вший слёз, стал ви́димо боя́ться и избега́ть разгово́ров; когда́ Зинаи́да Фёдоровна начина́ла спо́рить и́ли умоля́ть, и́ли собира́лась запла́кать, то он под благови́дным предло́гом уходи́л к себе́ в кабине́т и́ли во́все из до́му.
      Pósle tovó véčera, kogdá govoríli o slúžbe, Orlóv, ne ljubívšij sljoz, stal vídimo bojátʹsja i izbegátʹ razgovórov; kogdá Zinaída Fjódorovna načinála spóritʹ íli umoljátʹ, íli sobirálasʹ zaplákatʹ, to on pod blagovídnym predlógom uxodíl k sebé v kabinét íli vóvse iz dómu.
      After the evening on which they had talked of his official work, Orlov, who could not endure tears, unmistakably began to avoid conversation with her; whenever Zinaida Fyodorovna began to argue, or to beseech him, or seemed on the point of crying, he seized some plausible excuse for retreating to his study or going out.

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