馬鹿馬鹿しい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鹿 鹿

Grade: 2

Grade: S

Grade: 2

Grade: S

Alternative forms

  • バカバカしい, 莫迦々々しい

Etymology

Reduplication of 馬鹿 (baka, foolish, stupid; a fool, an idiot) + adjective-forming suffix しい (-shii). Attested from at least the early 1800s,[1], but likely older, as the しい (-shii) suffix was much more productive earlier, such as during the Heian period (794–1185).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かばかし [bàkábákáshíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ba̠ka̠ba̠ka̠ɕii]

Adjective

馬鹿馬鹿しい (-i inflection, hiragana ばかばかしい, rōmaji bakabakashii)

  1. extremely foolish, ridiculous, silly (contrary to reason or propriety)
  2. blatant, extreme, outrageous

Inflection

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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