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Czech
Etymology
From marnit + -ivý.
Pronunciation
Adjective
marnivý (comparative marnivější, superlative nejmarnivější, adverb marnivě)
- vain, conceited
- vain, showy (overly interested in one's dress, appearance etc)
Usage notes
- In the "vain, showy" sense best translatable into English as foppish, but in Czech used (in the feminine form marnivá) for women as well, maybe even more often than for men.
Declension
Declension of marnivý (hard)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “marnivý”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “marnivý”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “marnivý”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)