ancymon

Polish

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly a clipping of malimończyk, marymontczyk (“student/professor/baked good from Marymont”), itself probably from French Mariemont (“Mount Mary”), where the element was influenced by a dialectal pronunciation of the prefix anty- (dialectally ancy-), which often has a negative connotation, with sound changes being marymontczyk -> marymon -> ancymon.[1] First attested in 1914.[2]

Compare Belarusian манцымонтка (mancymóntka, “coquette”), Belarusian малімонік (malimónik, “someone cuddly; someone with sweet tooth; someone capricious”), Ukrainian анцимонек (ancymonek), манцимонек (mancymonek, “an untrustworthy man”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /anˈt͡sɨ.mɔn/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨmɔn
  • Syllabification: an‧cy‧mon

Noun

ancymon m pers (diminutive ancymonek)

  1. (colloquial) rascal (someone who misbehaves)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urwis

Declension
Declension of ancymon
singular plural
nominative ancymon ancymoni/ancymony (deprecative)
genitive ancymona ancymonów
dative ancymonowi ancymonom
accusative ancymona ancymonów
instrumental ancymonem ancymonami
locative ancymonie ancymonach
vocative ancymonie ancymoni

References
  1. Adam Fałowski (2022) Słownik etymologiczny polszczyzny potocznej, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN
  2. Kurjer Poranny‎ (in Polish), number R.38, nr 178, 1914, page 1

Further reading
  • ancymon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ancymon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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