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hanyatt-homlok

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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First attested in c. 1493. hanyatt +‎ homlok, meaning hastily rushing back and forth.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒɲɒthomlok]
  • Hyphenation: ha‧nyatt-hom‧lok
  • Rhymes: -ok

Adverb

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hanyatt-homlok (not comparable)

  1. headlong, helter-skelter (rashly; precipitately; without deliberation, in haste, hastily)
    Synonyms: ijedten, fejvesztett sietséggel
    hanyatt-homlok menekül ― to flee in a panic; take to one's heels
    hanyatt-homlok tesz valamit ― to scramble to do something
  2. head over heels (tumbling upside down in the air)

References

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  1. ^ hanyatt-homlok 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.)
  2. ^ hanyatt-homlok in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

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