skandālists

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Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From skandāls (empire) +‎ -ists. Probably not formed as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from some other European language.

Noun[edit]

skandālists m (1st declension, feminine form: skandāliste)

  1. a (male) troublemaker, a man who causes scandal, who often stirs up trouble, who is scandalous, outrageous
    jaunieša tēvs bijis tuvākajā apkārtnē pazīstams skandālists un sīvā mīļotājsthe young man's father was known in the neighborhood as a troublemaker and a fierce lover
    deviņas no desmit laulībām izirst dzērāju un skandālistu vīru dēļnine out of ten marriages split up because of drunk or scandalous (= troublemaking) husbands

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