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Polish
Etymology
From drętwy + -ota.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /drɛnˈtfɔ.ta/
- Rhymes: -ɔta
- Syllabification: drę‧two‧ta
Noun
drętwota f
- numbness, lack of feeling
- torpidity, inability to move
2020, Jaroslav Hašek, translated by Paweł Hulka-Laskowski, Przygody dobrego wojaka Szwejka, archived from the original on 2021-12-31, page 465:Biedak milczał dalej. Opanowała go jakaś drętwota, jak później tłumaczył Szwejkowi, spowodowana przestrachem z nagłego przyjścia porucznika.- The poor man was still silent. Some torpidity had overcome him, as he later explained to Szwejk, caused by fright from the sudden arrival of the lieutenant.
- unnaturalness, lifelessness
2006 February 18, “Loża filmożerców”, in Dziennik Zachodni:Aktor, co widać już w pierwszych scenach, nie jest w najlepszej kondycji, a może udzieliła mu się po prostu drętwota scenariusza.- The actor, as you can see already in the first scenes, isn't in the best condition, or maybe the unnaturalness of the script just became apparent to him.
1957 July, Nowe Drogi, Robotnicza Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza "Prasa-Książka-Ruch", archived from the original on 2021-12-31:Nie ulega wątpliwości, że jednym z postulatów uzdrowienia myśli marksistowskiej od drętwoty dogmatycznej jest konfrontacja i polemika ze współczesnymi doktrynami burżuazyjnymi.- It is not to be doubted that one of the requirements for the healing of Marxist thought from dogmatic lifelessness is confrontation with and polemic against current bourgeois doctrines.
Declension
Further reading
- drętwota in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- drętwota in Polish dictionaries at PWN