надменный

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic надъменъ (nadŭmenŭ, inflated, blown up), from Proto-Slavic *nadъmenъ (inflated, blown up) - passive past participle of *nadǫti (inflate, blow up). Doublet of наду́тый (nadútyj) and до́мна (dómna).

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Adjective

надме́нный (nadménnyj)

  1. supercilious, haughty, arrogant
    Synonyms: спеси́вый (spesívyj), высокоме́рный (vysokomérnyj)
    • 1879, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава седьмая”, in Однодум; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Singlemind, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Сано́вник э́тот, по ме́ткому замеча́нию одного́ его́ совреме́нника, «име́л си́льный ум и надме́нную фигу́ру», и така́я кра́ткая характери́стика верна́ и вполне́ доста́точна для представле́ния, како́е ну́жно име́ть о нём на́шему чита́телю.
      Sanóvnik étot, po métkomu zamečániju odnovó jevó sovreménnika, «imél sílʹnyj um i nadménnuju figúru», i takája krátkaja xarakterístika verná i vpolné dostátočna dlja predstavlénija, kakóje núžno imétʹ o njom nášemu čitátelju.
      This dignitary, according to the apt observation of a contemporary, “was of strong mind and haughty bearing,” and this brief characterization is correct and perfectly sufficient for the notion our reader needs to have of him.

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “надменный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress