нескромный

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Russian

Etymology

From не- (ne-) +‎ скро́мный (skrómnyj). Compare Ukrainian нескро́мний (neskrómnyj), Belarusian няскро́мны (njaskrómny), Polish nieskromny.

Pronunciation

Adjective

нескро́мный (neskrómnyj) (comparative (по)нескро́мнее or (по)нескро́мней, abstract noun нескро́мность)

  1. immodest
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter I, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      Нескро́мная мысль вы́давила на его́ гу́бы пога́ное подо́бие улы́бки, — оно́ появи́лось на миг и исче́зло.
      Neskrómnaja myslʹ výdavila na jevó gúby pogánoje podóbije ulýbki, — onó pojavílosʹ na mig i isčézlo.
      An immodest thought squeezed a degrading likeness of a smile to his lips—it appeared for an instant and vanished.
  2. indiscreet, indelicate
  3. brazen

Declension