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pogan

“pogan” is a Romanian word. Its 4 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. big (about beings)
  2. ugly (about people)
  3. ruthless (about people)
  4. intense

In Romanian

  1. (reg.) (despre ființe) mare, voinic, vânjos.
  2. (despre stări, acțiuni) intens, în toi; strașnic, grozav.
  3. (despre oameni) urât, slut, hidos.
  4. fără milă, rău, crud. (Adverbial) stâlcit, stricat.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic поганъ (poganŭ) (or a late Common Slavic equivalent), itself borrowed from Medieval Latin paganus. Compare Hungarian pogány. Doublet of păgân, which was inherited from Latin.

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