an unpleasant or mean-spirited man · a flippant word for a male person, vaguely negative, but not associated with any particular qualities
çekim: çoğul Knilche · tamlayan Knilches
köken: Ca. 1900, of uncertain origin. The two main theories are: * From the adjective knollig (“bulbous”, archaically “ruff, boorish”). Also attested with umlaut as knöllicht. * From Central Franconian Knünich (“canon, kind of clergyman”, figuratively “withdrawn, somber person”), from Old High German canunih (12th c.), from Latin canonicus. A form with /l/ appears to be unattested in the dialects, but…
strange; weird (not normal) · picky; particular (demanding to have things just right) · exquisite (especially fine)
çekim: üstünlük o mais esquisito
köken: Learned borrowing from Latin exquīsītus, perfect passive participle of exquīrō. Cognate with Spanish exquisito and English exquisite, both false friends.
disgust (queasy feeling, like at something potentially contagious, sometimes more or less figuratively) · something disgusting (like a substance or activity or the like) · a lewd or disgusting person
çekim: çoğul äckels · tamlayan äckels
köken: From German Ekel. Attempts to connect with words beyond German have proven futile. Examples include Old English ācol, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌹 (aiwiski), Latin aeger, Old Norse eikinn (“furious”), Sanskrit एजति (ejati, “move; shake; stir”).
köken: Borrowed from Bulgarian чудат (čudat, “strange, peculiar, bizarre”) or another South Slavic language. May also be related to Albanian çuditshëm.