мракобес

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Russian

Etymology

мрак (mrak, darkness) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ -бе́с (-bés, -maniac); the suffix -бе́с (-bés) is cognate with беси́ться (besítʹsja, to be furious). Historically, derives from мракобе́сие (mrakobésije), which was coined by Bestuzhev-Marlinsky in the 1810s and popularized by Belinsky.

Pronunciation

Noun

мракобе́с (mrakobésm anim (genitive мракобе́са, nominative plural мракобе́сы, genitive plural мракобе́сов, feminine мракобе́ска)

  1. obscurant, obscurantist, bigot

Declension