piszmog

Hungarian

Etymology

From an unattested stem + -og (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpismoɡ]
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  • Hyphenation: pisz‧mog
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Verb

piszmog

  1. (intransitive, derogatory) to dawdle over, potter about, tinker with (to do something lengthily or with unnecessary meticulousness)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • piszmogás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elpiszmog

References

  1. piszmog in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • piszmog in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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