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Polish
Etymology
From pieniacz + -ctwo.[1] First attested in 1650.[2]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -at͡stfɔ
- Syllabification: pie‧nia‧ctwo
Noun
pieniactwo n
- barratry (act of persistently instigating lawsuits, often groundless ones)
Declension
References
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “pieniactwo”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ Krzysztof Opaliński (1650) Satyry albo przestrogi do naprawy rządu i obyczajów w Polszcze (in Polish), page 126
Further reading
- pieniactwo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pieniactwo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “pieniactwo”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “pieniactwo”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “pieniactwo”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 149