недоперепить

Russian edit

Etymology edit

недо- (nedo-, under-) +‎ пере- (pere-, over-) +‎ пить (pitʹ, drink)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [nʲɪdəpʲɪrʲɪˈpʲitʲ]

Verb edit

недоперепи́ть (nedoperepítʹpf (imperfective недоперепива́ть)

  1. (intransitive, colloquial, humorous) to have too much to drink, but to be unsatisfied and want to drink more; to be drunk, but not blacked out (literally, “to underoverdrink”)

Usage notes edit

Sometimes cited as an example of the absurd in Russian word formation, since the prefixes недо- (nedo-) and пере- (pere-) are antonyms.

Conjugation edit

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