Korean

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Etymology

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Of native Korean origin. From (meot, “spirit”) + 지다 (jida).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?meotjida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?meosjida
McCune–Reischauer?mŏtchida
Yale Romanization?mescita

Adjective

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멋지다 (meotjida) (infinitive 멋져 or 멋지어, sequential 멋지니)

  1. to be cool, splendid
    이 다방은 아주 멋지다.
    i dabang'eun aju meotjida.
    This coffee shop is very nice.
    그는 콧수염이 아주 멋지다.
    geuneun kotsuyeomi aju meotjida.
    He looks really nice with a moustache.
    나는 멋지고 따뜻한 기분이 들었다.
    naneun meotjigo ttatteuthan gibuni deureotda.
    I felt so nice and warm!
    by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Constance Garnett, Diary of a Lunatic (The original sentence in English)

Conjugation

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