pazerny

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Polish

Etymology

From earlier dialectal pażerny, pażyrny, from Old Polish pażyra (glutton). Compare pożerać (to devour).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈzɛr.nɘ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛrnɘ
  • Syllabification: pa‧zer‧ny

Adjective

pazerny (comparative pazerniejszy, superlative najpazerniejszy, derived adverb pazernie)

  1. (colloquial) greedy, rapacious
    Synonym: zachłanny

Declension

Derived terms

noun

References

  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “pazerny”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Further reading

  • pazerny in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pazerny in Polish dictionaries at PWN