tollászkodik

Hungarian

Etymology

toll + -ász + -kodik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtolːaːskodik]
  • Hyphenation: tol‧lász‧ko‧dik
  • Rhymes: -odik

Verb

tollászkodik

  1. (intransitive, of birds) to preen oneself, to plume (to groom; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers)
  2. (intransitive, figuratively, of a person) to primp (to get ready very slowly)
    Synonyms: szedelőzködik, kászálódik

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • tollászkodás

Further reading

  • tollászkodik 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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