gmerek

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈɡmɛ.rɛk/

Noun

gmerek m pers

1. (Central Greater Poland, Gniezno, Środa, derogatory) idiot; scoundrel

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “gmerek”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 18