pábitel

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Czech

Etymology

From pábit +‎ -tel. Coined by Bohumil Hrabal in his book Pábitelé.

Pronunciation

Noun

pábitel m anim

  1. (rare) a person seemingly uncouth but at the same time dreamer not distinguishing between fantasy and reality, looking for beauty in everyday life
    • 2018 January 15, Jakub Kvasnička, “Zemřel bývalý novinář TÝDNE Vojtěch Varyš. Král života”, in Týden.cz:
      Vojta byl pábitel, miloval život.
      Vojta was a pábitel, he loved life. [obituary "Former Týden journalist Vojtěch Varyš has died. A king of life"

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Further reading

  • pábitel”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)