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Russian
Etymology
ожесточи́ть (ožestočítʹ) + -ение (-enije)
Pronunciation
Noun
ожесточе́ние • (ožestočénije) n inan (genitive ожесточе́ния, nominative plural ожесточе́ния, genitive plural ожесточе́ний)
- bitterness, obduracy, anger, cruelty
1843, Владимир Одоевский [Vladimir Odoyevsky], Город без имени; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):В э́тих вне́шних и междуусо́бных бра́нях, кото́рые то прекраща́лись на вре́мя, то вспы́хивали с но́вым ожесточе́нием, протекло́ ещё́ мно́го лет.- V étix vnéšnix i mežduusóbnyx bránjax, kotóryje to prekraščálisʹ na vrémja, to vspýxivali s nóvym ožestočénijem, protekló ješčó mnógo let.
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Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ожесточение”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress