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Hungarian (iou)



Hungarian adjective & noun. E16.
[from medieval Latin Hungaria Hungary, from (H)ungari, Ungri, Ugri (cf. UGRIC), medieval Greek Ouggroi, Middle High German Ungar-n, name applied to the Hungarians, who called themselves Magyars: see -AN.]
A. adjective.
Of, pertaining to, or native to Hungary, a country in central Europe. E16.
Hungarian cap the shell of a marine gastropod mollusc, Capulus ungaricus. Hungarian grass = Hungarian millet below. Hungarian millet = FOXTAIL millet. Hungarian turnip (the swollen stem-base of) the kohlrabi, Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes.
[With play on HUNGRY adjective.] Thievish, marauding; needy, beggarly. slang. L16-E17.
Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor O base Hungarian wight! Wilt thou the spigot wield.
b. noun.
A native or inhabitant of Hungary, a Magyar. Also, a Hungarian horse. M16.
The Finno-Ugric language spoken by inhabitants of Hungary, and now its official language. M17.