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выспренний

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Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic выспрьнъ (vysprĭnŭ), from выспрь (vysprĭ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvɨsprʲɪnʲ(ː)ɪj]
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Adjective

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вы́спренний (výsprennij)

  1. (literary) high-flown, grandiloquent
    Synonyms: высокопарный (vysokoparnyj), напы́щенный (napýščennyj)
    вы́спренняя речьvýsprennjaja rečʹgrandiloquent speech

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “выспрь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1968), “выспренний”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 3 (В), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 233