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Russian
Etymology
Attested no later than 1839.
Possibly a blend of сви́нья (svínʹja) and Latin -tus, from seminary jargon influenced by Latin stultus (“foolish, stupid”).
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Noun
сви́нтус • (svíntus) m anim (genitive сви́нтуса, nominative plural сви́нтусы, genitive plural сви́нтусов)
- (colloquial, humorous, derogatory) pig
1866, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть III, Глава III”, in Преступление и наказание; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Crime and Punishment, 1914:— Фу, како́й ты… сви́нтус! — произнё́с стра́шно сконфу́зившийся и покрасне́вший Разуми́хин и встал со сту́ла. Пульхе́рия Алекса́ндровна слегка́ улыбну́лась, а Раско́льников гро́мко расхохота́лся.- — Fu, kakój ty… svíntus! — proiznjós strášno skonfúzivšijsja i pokrasnévšij Razumíxin i vstal so stúla. Pulʹxérija Aleksándrovna slexká ulybnúlasʹ, a Raskólʹnikov grómko rasxoxotálsja.
- "Foo!—what a pig you are!" Razumihin protested, blushing in terrible confusion, and he got up from his chair. Pulcheria Alexandrovna smiled faintly, but Raskolnikov laughed aloud.
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