bolhászkodik

Hungarian

Etymology

bolha (flea) + -szkodik (frequentative-reflexive verb-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbolɦaːskodik]
  • Hyphenation: bol‧hász‧ko‧dik
  • Rhymes: -odik

Verb

bolhászkodik

  1. (intransitive, of a person or animal) to look for fleas (to be searching and cleaning oneself of fleas)
  2. (intransitive, figuratively, humorous, of a person) to primp (to get ready very slowly; to start or do a task in an unhurried manner)
    Synonyms: tollászkodik, pepecsel, vacakol, totojázik

Conjugation

References

  1. bolhászkodik 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

  • bolhászkodik 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
  • bolhászkodik in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
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