ухищрение

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic оухыщрениѥ (uxyštrenije), from оухытрити (uxytriti, to come up with, to figure out, to do), from Proto-Slavic *xytrъ (sly, wise). Compare хи́трый (xítryj).

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Noun

ухищре́ние (uxiščrénijen inan (genitive ухищре́ния, nominative plural ухищре́ния, genitive plural ухищре́ний)

  1. trick; gimmick, ruse, wile, stratagem
  2. contrivance, device, shift

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