klikusha
Alexander Ushakov
alexush at PAONLINE.COM
Fri Apr 27 02:52:43 UTC 2001
According to Ozhegov,
кликуша - женщина, страдающая кликушеством
кликушество - проявление женской истерии, судорожные припадки, причитания, взвизгивания
Frankly, it's something new for me, because I never thought the term was gender-specific. However, it's probably 'in a strict sense'. Based on this sense, some dictionaries suggest:
кликушество - hysterics
кликуша - hysterical woman
However, it would be interesting to hear suggestions from native speakers.
Alex Ushakov
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From: "Svitlana Kobets" <svitlana at TUCOWS.COM>
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Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 10:11 PM
Subject: klikusha
> Hello,
> I am looking for an English synonym to the Russian
> "klikusha." Someone suggested that I use "cackler," yet I am not sure. The
> English-Russian dictionary says that cackler is 1. klokhchushchaia ili
> kudakhtaiushchaia ptitsa, 2. boltun, spletnik. For what I know it could be a
> possible rendition of "klikusha", but I don't know if this rendition has
> ever been in use. Does anyone know?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Svitlana Kobets.
>
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