безукоризненный

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Russian

Etymology

From без- (bez-) +‎ укори́зна (ukorízna) +‎ -енный (-ennyj), a calque of French irréprochable. First attested in 1834.

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Adjective

безукори́зненный (bezukoríznennyj)

  1. perfect, impeccable, irreproachable, flawless
    Synonym: безупре́чный (bezupréčnyj)
    • 1881, Николай Лесков, “Глава вторая”, in Дух госпожи Жанлис; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Spirit of Madame de Genlis, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Княги́ня была́ же́нщина весьма́ стро́гих пра́вил и заслу́женно по́льзовалась в о́бществе са́мой безукори́зненной репута́цией.
      Knjagínja bylá žénščina vesʹmá strógix právil i zaslúženno pólʹzovalasʹ v óbščestve sámoj bezukoríznennoj reputácijej.
      The princess was a woman of highly strict principles and deservedly enjoyed a most irreproachable reputation in society.

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References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “безукоризненный”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 52