skandālists

Latvian

Etymology

From skandāls (“empire”) +‎ -ists. Probably11 not formed as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from some other European language.

Noun

skandālists m (1st declension, feminine form: skandāliste)

  1. a (male) troublemaker, a man who causes scandal, who often stirs up trouble, who is scandalous, outrageous
    jaunieša tēvs bijis tuvākajā apkārtnē pazīstams skandālists un sīvā mīļotājs ― the young man's father was known in the neighborhood as a troublemaker and a fierce lover
    deviņas no desmit laulībām izirst dzērāju un skandālistu vīru dēļ ― nine out of ten marriages split up because of drunk or scandalous (= troublemaking) husbands

Declension

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