filozofál

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Hungarian

Etymology

From German philosophieren.[1] With the verb-forming suffix -ál.

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  • Hyphenation: fi‧lo‧zo‧fál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

filozofál

  1. (intransitive) to philosophize (to ponder or reason out philosophically)
    Synonyms: bölcselkedik, elmélkedik
  2. (intransitive, colloquial, often humorous, sarcastic) to speculate (to ponder in an abstract, lengthy way without arriving to a practical solution)
    Synonym: okoskodik

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References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

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