мешкотный

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Russian

Etymology

мешкота́ (meškotá) +‎ -ный (-nyj).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ме́шкотный (méškotnyj) (adverb мешко́тно, abstract noun мешко́тность)

  1. dilatory
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб , chapter I, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      Э́то был ма́льчик лет четы́рнадцати, с весну́шчатым, как у Ма́рты, лицо́м, похо́жий на сестру́, нело́вкий, ме́шкотный в движе́ниях.
      Éto byl málʹčik let četýrnadcati, s vesnúščatym, kak u Márty, licóm, poxóžij na sestrú, nelóvkij, méškotnyj v dvižénijax.
      He was a boy of about fourteen with a freckled face like Marta's, and with uneasy, clumsy movements like hers.

Declension