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)

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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