дремучий

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Russian

Etymology

From дрема́ть (dremátʹ) +‎ -у́чий (-účij); literally, sleeping, slumbering.

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Adjective

дрему́чий (dremúčij) (comparative (по)дрему́чее or (по)дрему́чей)

  1. dense, thick, impenetrable (of forests or scrubland)
    лес дрему́чийles dremúčijwild wood; dark/untrodden forest
  2. (figuratively) backwoods (of people or places)
    из дрему́чей прови́нцииiz dremúčej provínciifrom the backwoods
  3. (figuratively) backward, ignorant
    дрему́чий челове́кdremúčij čelovékignoramus
  4. (figuratively, derogatory) utter, hopeless, impenetrable, abysmal (of negative personal traits)
    дрему́чий эгои́змdremúčij egoízmsordid selfishness
    дрему́чее неве́жествоdremúčeje nevéžestvoabysmal ignorance

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