pieniactwo

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Polish

Etymology

From pieniacz +‎ -ctwo.[1] First attested in 1650.[2]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /pjɛˈɲa.t͡stfɔ/
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  • Rhymes: -at͡stfɔ
  • Syllabification: pie‧nia‧ctwo

Noun

pieniactwo n

  1. barratry (act of persistently instigating lawsuits, often groundless ones)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “pieniactwo”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
  2. ^ Krzysztof Opaliński (1650) Satyry albo przestrogi do naprawy rządu i obyczajów w Polszcze (in Polish), page 126

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