μουσκεύω

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Etymology

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Inherited from Byzantine Greek μοσκεύω (moskeúō, become wet), from Ancient Greek μοσχεύω (moskheúō, to transplant an offshoot (after soaking it)).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /muˈsce.vo/
  • Hyphenation: μου‧σκεύ‧ω

Verb

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μουσκεύω (mouskévo) (past μούσκεψα, passive μουσκεύομαι, p‑past μουσκεύτηκα, ppp μουσκεμένος)

  1. (transitive) to ret
  2. (transitive) to soak
  3. (intransitive) to become soaked
  4. (figurative) (expression) to botch, to fail after clumsy efforts
    Τα μούσκεψα, ναι, τα έκανα μούσκεμα!
    Ta moúskepsa, nai, ta ékana moúskema!
    I made a mess of it
    (literally, “I botched it, yes, I made a soaking of it! (= I botched).”)

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ μουσκεύω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language