Etymology

gorky

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Today it means: Awkward or strange. Full definition →

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From Russian Го́рький (Górʹkij).

First known use, by meaning

  • from 1932 to 1990 Nizhny Novgorod, a city in Russia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.