elvetemült

== Hungarian == === Etymology === First attested in 1793. From elvetemül (“to warp, to become out of shape; to decay morally, to degenerate”) +‎ -t (past tense and past participle suffix), from el- +‎ vetemül, from the obsolete vetemik (“to warp, to stoop”) +‎ -ül (reflexive verb-forming suffix), ultimately derived from vet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛlvɛtɛmylt] Hyphenation: el‧ve‧te‧mült === Adjective === elvetemült (comparative elvetemültebb, superlative legelvetemültebb) heinous, base, vile, wicked, ignoble (morally contemptible) Synonyms: aljas, alávaló, gonosz ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === elvetemült in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. elvetemült in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).