okoskodik

Hungarian

Etymology

okos (smart) + -kodik (frequentative-reflexive verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈokoʃkodik]
  • Hyphenation: okos‧ko‧dik
  • Rhymes: -odik

Verb

okoskodik

  1. (intransitive) to reason (to look for a good solution by thinking and analyzing the possibilities and circumstances)
    Synonyms: érvel, következtet, latolgat, töpreng
  2. (intransitive, derogatory) to argue, to be obstinate/stubborn, to be clever-clever/smarty pants/a smart aleck (to argue without end, to oppose by arguing unnecessarily)
    Synonyms: tudálékoskodik, fontoskodik

Conjugation

Further reading

  • okoskodik 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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