piszmog

Hungarian

Etymology

From an unattested stem + -og (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpismoɡ]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pisz‧mog

Verb

piszmog

  1. (intransitive, derogatory) to dawdle over, potter about, tinker with (to do something lengthily or with unnecessary meticulousness)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • piszmogás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elpiszmog

References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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