Czech

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Etymology

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From pábit +‎ -tel. Coined by Bohumil Hrabal in his book Pábitelé.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpaːbɪtɛl]
  • Rhymes: -ɪtɛl
  • Hyphenation: pá‧bi‧tel

Noun

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pábitel m anim

  1. (rare) a person seemingly uncouth but at the same time dreamer not distinguishing between fantasy and reality, looking for beauty in everyday life [since 20th c.]
    • 2018 January 15, Jakub Kvasnička, “Zemřel bývalý novinář TÝDNE Vojtěch Varyš. Král života”, in Týden.cz[1]:
      Vojta byl pábitel, miloval život.
      Vojta was a pábitel, he loved life. [obituary "Former Týden journalist Vojtěch Varyš has died. A king of life"

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • pábitel”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)