Gorky

adj, name, slang

adj, name, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Awkward or strange. informal

    "Dr Gill says: "Phillip Schofield went from being a gorky boyish chump to a daytime anchor when he went back to grey. Suddenly, he seemed more mature. Maturity is what women want for a stable relationship.""

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename; Nizhny Novgorod, a city in Russia. countable, historical, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename; Alternative spelling of Gorki, Alternative spelling of Horki (a city in Belarus) alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A surname from Russian countable, uncountable

    "Maxim Gorky"

Synonyms

All synonyms
aleksey maksimovich peshkovnizhny novgorodnizhny novgorodnizhnyi novgorod

Example

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"Anna Akhmatova, Maxim Gorky, Arkady Gaidar, Mark Twain, O. Henry, George Sand, Stendhal, Molière, Voltaire – all used pseudonyms, not their actual surnames."

Etymology

From Russian Го́рький (Górʹkij).

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nizhny novgorod

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