mydłek

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Polish

Etymology

From mydło +‎ -ek.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɘ.dwɛk/

(Masovia):
- (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɘ.dwɛk/
- (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɘ.dwɛk/

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Rhymes: -ɘdwɛk
Syllabification: my‧dłek

Noun

mydłek m pers

(derogatory) ne'er-do-well (man who does not inspire trust or respect, often complaisant and false)
(Near Masovian) sly fox
(Near Masovian) lazybones (one who does not want to work or avoids work)

See also

mydlić oczy

Further reading

mydłek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “mydłek”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 365
Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “mydłek”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 114

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