престранный

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Russian

Etymology

пре- (pre-, most) +‎ стра́нный (stránnyj, strange)

Pronunciation

Adjective

престра́нный (prestránnyj) (no comparative)

  1. too strange, very strange, extremely strange, most strange
    • 1973, Михаил Булгаков, “Глава I. Никогда не разговаривайте с неизвестными”, in Мастер и Маргарита; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Master and Margarita, London: Penguin Books, 1997:
      И тут знойный воздух сгустился перед ним, и соткался из этого воздуха прозрачный гражданин престранного вида.
      I tut znojnyj vozdux sgustilsja pered nim, i sotkalsja iz etovo vozduxa prozračnyj graždanin prestrannovo vida.
      And here the sweltering air thickened before him, and a transparent citizen of the strangest appearance wove himself out of it.

Declension