прихорошиться

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Russian

Etymology

прихороши́ть (prixorošítʹ) +‎ -ся (-sja), ultimately from хоро́ший (xoróšij)

Pronunciation

Verb

прихороши́ться (prixorošítʹsjapf (imperfective прихора́шиваться)

  1. (colloquial) to smarten oneself up, to preen (to make oneself look pretty or handsome)
    • 1940, М. А. Шолохов, Тихий Дон, Книга четвёртая:
      И то́тчас же подошла́ к зе́ркалу попра́вить вы́бившиеся и́з-под платка́ во́лосы, прихороши́ться.
      I tótčas že podošlá k zérkalu poprávitʹ výbivšijesja íz-pod platká vólosy, prixorošítʹsja.
      She immediately went to the mirror to fix her hair, which had gotten loose from under her headscarf, and to preen.
  2. passive of прихороши́ть (prixorošítʹ)

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