прелестный

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Russian

Etymology

пре́лесть (prélestʹ) +‎ -ный (-nyj)

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Adjective

преле́стный (preléstnyj) (comparative (по)преле́стнее or (по)преле́стней)

  1. charming, delightful, lovely
    • 1904, Лев Толстой, “VI”, in Хаджи-Мурат; English translation from Louise and Aylmer Maude, transl., Hadji Murat, 1912:
      — Он прелестен, твой разбойник, — по-французски сказала Марья Васильевна мужу. — Булька стал любоваться его кинжалом — он подарил его ему.
      — On prelesten, tvoj razbojnik, — po-francuzski skazala Marʹja Vasilʹjevna mužu. — Bulʹka stal ljubovatʹsja jevo kinžalom — on podaril jevo jemu.
      "He is delightful, your brigand!" said Marya Vasilevna to her husband in french. "Bulka has been admiring his dagger, and he has given it to him."

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