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Middle Korean
Etymology
Formed by attaching the adverb 고디〮 (Yale: kwòtí) "in a straight way; righteously" to Old Korean 爲只 (*SIk-, “to act”), thus "to act righteously".
Pronunciation
Verb
고디〮식다〮 (kwòtí sìktá)
- to act righteously
1517, Kim Jeon (金詮 / 김전), Choe Suk-saeng (崔淑生 / 최숙생), (飜譯小學 / 번역소학) [Beonyeok Sohak, Translated Small Learning]:孔子ㅣ ᄆᆞᅀᆞᆯᄒᆡ 겨셔 고디식고 온고ᇰ히 ᄒᆞ더시니- KWONG.CO-y mozolh-oy kyesye kwotisikkwo wonkwong-hi hotesini
- Confucius was staying at a village and acted righteously and conducted himself courteously
- (by extension) to be self-righteous, to be stubborn
Descendants
- Korean: 고지식하다 (gojisikhada, “to be self-righteous; to be stubborn; to be inflexible”)