ветреный

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Adjective

ве́треный (vétrenyj) (comparative (по)ве́тренее or (по)ве́треней)

  1. windy (of the weather)
    Antonym: безве́тренный (bezvétrennyj)
  2. (figurative) flighty, not serious (of a person or behavior)
    Synonyms: легкомы́сленный (lexkomýslennyj), несерьё́зный (neserʹjóznyj)
    • 1833, Александр Пушкин [Alexander Pushkin], “Глава 1. XXV”, in Евгений Онегин; English translation from Stanley Mitchell, transl., Eugene Onegin, London: Penguin Books, 2008:
      Он три часа́, по кра́йней ме́ре,
      Пред зеркала́ми проводи́л
      И из убо́рной выходи́л
      Подо́бный ве́треной Вене́ре,
      Когда́, наде́в мужско́й наря́д,
      Боги́ня е́дет в маскара́д.
      On tri časá, po krájnej mére,
      Pred zerkalámi provodíl
      I iz ubórnoj vyxodíl
      Podóbnyj vétrenoj Venére,
      Kogdá, nadév mužskój narjád,
      Bogínja jédet v maskarád.
      At least three hours he spent preparing
      In front of mirrors in his lair,
      And, stepping out at last from there,
      Looked like a giddy Venus wearing
      A man’s attire, who, thus arrayed,
      Drives out to join a masquerade.

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