брезгливый

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Russian

Etymology

бре́згать (brézgatʹ) +‎ -ли́вый (-lívyj)

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Adjective

брезгли́вый (brezglívyj) (comparative (по)брезгли́вее or (по)брезгли́вей)

  1. squeamish, fastidious
    • 1918, Maxim Gorky, Приложение к «Несвоевременным мыслям», published 2017, page 60:
      Они грамотны, изощрены́ в политиканских хитростях, не очень брезгли́вы в выборе приемов борьбы и могут запутать в сетях иезуитского красноречия людей менее грамотных, но более искренних и способных к положительной работе.
      Oni gramotny, izoščrený v politikanskix xitrostjax, ne očenʹ brezglívy v vybore prijemov borʹby i mogut zaputatʹ v setjax ijezuitskovo krasnorečija ljudej meneje gramotnyx, no boleje iskrennix i sposobnyx k položitelʹnoj rabote.
      They are literate, sophisticated in political tricks, not very squeamish in their choice of fighting techniques, and can entangle in the nets of Jesuit eloquence people who are less literate, but more sincere and capable of positive work.

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