nygus

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French nigaud.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɘɡus
  • Syllabification: ny‧gus

Noun

nygus m pers

  1. (colloquial or dialectal, Central Greater Poland) lazybones, layabout, skiver
    Synonyms: leń, obibok, wałkoń, próżniak, bumelant

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Derived terms

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Further reading

  • nygus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • nygus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “nygus”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 21