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Polish
Etymology
From mało (“little”) + dobry (“good”). First attested in 1600.
Pronunciation
Noun
małodobry m animacy unattested
- (Middle Polish) executioner
- Synonyms: (modern) kat, oprawca
1600, Sebastian Fabian Klonowic, Worek Judaszow: to jest złe nábyćie máiętnośći, page 30:Ják mowi miſtrz. A ſędźia dekretem nákaże: / Máłodobry/ ſkarz go tám iáko práwo każe: / A nád práwo nic nie cżyń […]- As the master says. And the judge shall decree: / Executioner, doom him as the law commends / And do nothing beyond the law
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Further reading
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “małodobry”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]