hízeleg

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Hungarian

Etymology

From hízelkedik (to flatter someone) +‎ -leg (frequentative verb-forming suffix), from an otherwise unattested stem + -lkedik. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

hízeleg

  1. (intransitive) to blandish, fawn, flatter, butter up (to praise someone dishonestly)

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References

  1. ^ hízeleg in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • hízeleg in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN