こっぴどい

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Japanese[edit]

Alternative spelling
こっ酷い

Etymology[edit]

From こっ (ko'-) + ひどい (hidoi). The hidoi changes to pidoi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

こっぴどい (koppidoi-i (adverbial こっぴどく (koppidoku))

  1. (emphatic) awful
    Hypernym: ひどい
    こっぴどく(しか)れる
    koppidoku shikarareru
    scolded badly

Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN