молодечество

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Pronunciation

Noun

молоде́чество (molodéčestvon inan (genitive молоде́чества, nominative plural молоде́чества, genitive plural молоде́честв)

  1. bravado
    Synonym: брава́да (braváda)
    • 1909–1915, Александр Куприн, “Часть третья, III”, in Яма; English translation from Bernard Guilbert Guerney, transl., The Pit, (Please provide a date or year):
      Пи́во он пил то́лько из молоде́чества, но не выноси́л его́ го́рького вку́са и сам удивля́лся, как э́то его́ пьют други́е.
      Pívo on pil tólʹko iz molodéčestva, no ne vynosíl jevó górʹkovo vkúsa i sam udivljálsja, kak éto jevó pʹjut drugíje.
      Beer he drank only out of bravado, but could not bear its bitter taste, and wondered himself how others could ever drink it.

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