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męt

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męty (noun 1 sense 3)

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish męty nvir pl. By surface analysis, deverbal from mącić. In the singular, first attested in 1571, in noun 1 sense 1.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt
  • Syllabification: męt

Noun

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męt m inan

  1. (countable, chemistry) ground, dreg (tiny particles suspended in a liquid, muddying its transparency) (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
    Synonyms: cedzina, fus, ustoina, zawiesina
    Hypernym: osad
    • 1571, Pietro de' Crescenzi, Księgi o gospodarstwie[1], volume 2: O pomnożeniu i rozkrzewieniu wszelakich pożytków ksiąg dwojenaście, Krakow: Helena Ungler, page 349:
      A gdy iuż przeſtánie [wino] burzyć śię/ tedy gliná w nie wpuſzcżona cżyśći ie ćiągnąc z ſobą ná doł wſzytek męt y drożdże
      [A gdy już przestanie [wino] burzyć się, wtedy glina w nie wpuszczona czyści je ciągnąc ze sobą na dół wszystek męt i drożdże]
      And when it [wine] stops churning, then clay that was let in cleans it taking with it all dreg and residue
      (Linde [1857] 3 71)
  2. (uncountable, figurative) chaos, confusion, disorder, muddle (someone's internal state characterized by a lack of order in thoughts)
  3. (countable, colloquial, ophthalmology) eye floater (speck in the visual field that seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humor)
    Synonym: mroczek

Declension

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Noun

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męt m pers

  1. (colloquial, countable, derogatory) low-life (untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person)
    Synonyms: hołota, szumowina

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References

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  1. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “męt”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

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