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Polish
Etymology
From the hypercorrect pronunciation of the nasal vowels ą and ę before consonants, associated with the upper classes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔw̃ ˈɛw̃/
- Syllabification: ą-‧ę
Adjective
ą-ę (comparative bardziej ą-ę, superlative najbardziej ą-ę, no derived adverb)
- (colloquial, idiomatic, chiefly predicative) hoity-toity, la-di-da, posh, snobbish
Further reading
- ą-ę in Polish dictionaries at PWN