непристойный

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Russian

Etymology

не- (ne-) +‎ присто́йный (pristójnyj)

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Adjective

непристо́йный (nepristójnyj) (comparative (по)непристо́йнее or (по)непристо́йней)

  1. obscene, indecent
    Antonym: присто́йный (pristójnyj)
    • 1842, Николай Гоголь , “Том I, Глава V”, in Мёртвые души; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Dead Souls—A Poem, London: Chatto & Windus, 1922:
      — Я вам да́же не сове́тую доро́ги знать к э́той соба́ке! — сказа́л Собаке́вич. — Извини́тельней сходи́ть в како́е-нибудь непристо́йное ме́сто, чем к нему́.
      — Ja vam dáže ne sovétuju dorógi znatʹ k étoj sobáke! — skazál Sobakévič. — Izvinítelʹnej sxodítʹ v kakóje-nibudʹ nepristójnoje mésto, čem k nemú.
      'I don't advise you even to learn the road to that cur's,' said Sobakevitch. 'There is more excuse for visiting the lowest haunt than visiting him.'

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