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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Cheong'eo Nogeoldae (淸語老乞大 / 청어노걸대), 1765, as Early Modern Korean 몰골 (Yale: mwolkwol). The second element is 꼴 (kkol, “appearance”), but the meaning of 몰 is not clear.
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | molgol |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | molgol |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | molgol |
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| Yale Romanization? | mol.kol |
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Noun
몰골 • (molgol)
- a shabby or repulsive appearance (of a person or thing)
어제 밤을 샜더니 몰골이 말이 아니야.- eoje bam-eul saetdeoni molgor-i mari aniya.
- I stayed up last night, so I look truly terrible.
나무에서 떨어진 시체는 몰골이 처참했다.- namu-eseo tteoreojin siche-neun molgor-i cheochamhaetda.
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