merzopakost'

[Timothy D. Sergay]

Neither the nominal nor the adjectival forms seem to appear in Dal'. But the
adjectival form "merzopakostnyi" does appear in Ushakov (compiled
1934-1940). Kharms's nominal usage in "Sluchai" ("Merzopakost'! <...> Nikak
ob Gogolia" and so on) dates to 1939. Chekhov uses the adjectival form in
"Bez mesta" (s.v. in the 4-vol. Yevgen'eva dictionary). I advise asking at
Sluzhba russkogo iazyka, it's a great question. Visit
http://slovari.donpac.ru/lang/ru/rls/index.html and follow instructions for
first-time visitors. Another 2 kopecks, anyway.

Tim Sergay

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