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Polish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Krasnowolski compares it to Russian большо́й”)
Pronunciation
Verb
bolszować impf
- (intransitive, Chełmno-Dobrzyń) to live large; to fancy oneself a fancy person; to live extravagantly
Further reading
- Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “bolszować”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 299