неприличный

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Russian

Etymology

не- (ne-) +‎ прили́чный (prilíčnyj)

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Adjective

неприли́чный (neprilíčnyj) (comparative (по)неприли́чнее or (по)неприли́чней)

  1. indecent, improper, unbecoming, indecorous, unseemly
    како́е неприли́чное поведе́ние!kakóje neprilíčnoje povedénije!what disgraceful/shocking behaviour!
    • 1877, Лев Толстой, “Часть II Глава VIII”, in Анна Каренина; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, 1901:
      Алексей Александрович ничего особенного и неприличного не нашёл в том, что жена его сидела с Вронским у особого стола и о чём-то оживлённо разговаривала; но он заметил, что другим в гостиной это показалось чем-то особенным и неприличным, и потому это показалось неприличным и ему.
      Aleksej Aleksandrovič ničevo osobennovo i nepriličnovo ne našól v tom, što žena jevo sidela s Vronskim u osobovo stola i o čom-to oživljónno razgovarivala; no on zametil, što drugim v gostinoj eto pokazalosʹ čem-to osobennym i nepriličnym, i potomu eto pokazalosʹ nepriličnym i jemu.
      Alexey Alexandrovitch had seen nothing striking or improper in the fact that his wife was sitting with Vronsky at a table apart, in eager conversation with him about something. But he noticed that to the rest of the party this appeared something striking and improper, and for that reason it seemed to him too to be improper.

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