androny

Polish

Etymology

From Latin andrōn (junction), possibly under influence of Italian androne (hallway) with semantic shifts of public place > place where people meet to share rumors > rumors > nonsense.[1] First attested in 1698.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈdrɔ.nɨ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔnɨ
  • Syllabification: an‧dro‧ny

Noun

androny nvir pl

  1. (literary) nonsense, poppycock
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nonsens
    pleść andronyto spew nonsense

Declension

References

  1. Adam Fałowski (2022) Słownik etymologiczny polszczyzny potocznej, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN
  2. Włodzimierz Gruszczyński (05.11.2020) “ANDRONY”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

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