Meaning of gigerli | Babel Free

Definitions

dandy, fop, coxcomb

archaic

Examples

“1906, Ferenc Molnár, A Pál utcai fiúk (The Paul Street Boys), translated by Louis Rittenberg Csele összeszedte a lapokat, amelyek nála a könyveket helyettesítették, mert Csele gigerli volt, és nem pakolta a hóna alá az egész könyvtárát, mint a többi, hanem csak a szükséges lapokat szokta volt elhozni, ezeket is gondosan elosztva összes külső és belső zsebeiben (…). Csele gathered up the loose leaves that served him in place of books. For Csele, you see, was a fop. He did not care to burden his arms with a whole library of books, as did his classmates. He brought only the leaves absolutely needed. Even these were scrupulously distributed in his many pockets.”

“1906, Ferenc Molnár, A Pál utcai fiúk (The Paul Street Boys), translated by Louis Rittenberg Hiszen Csele gigerli volt, és csak lapokat hozott a könyvekből.¶ – Sajnálod? – kérdezte tőle.¶ – Sajnálom – mondta Csele. – De azért ne hidd, hogy gyáva vagyok. Én nem vagyok gyáva, csak a kalapot sajnálom. Én ezt be is bizonyíthatom, mert ha akarod, én a te kalapodat nagyon szívesen odavágom! He might have remembered that Csele was a fop and carried only “leaves” to school.¶ “Are you afraid to risk it?” asked Geréb. “I am,” Csele replied. “But don’t think for a moment that I’m a coward. I’m not. Only I haven’t the heart to treat the hat so shabbily. I can prove it, too. If you want me to, I’ll gladly throw your hat at him!””

“1906, Ferenc Molnár, A Pál utcai fiúk (The Paul Street Boys), translated by Louis Rittenberg”

Csele, being a fop, would be loath to risk his clothes on climbing a tree — so that Csele had sent him, Nemecsek, up the tree because he was the private.

“1920, Zsigmond Móricz, Légy jó mindhalálig (Be Faithful Unto Death), translated by Stephen Vizinczey”

He had dazzling white cuffs with glittering gold cufflinks and a dappled silk tie, loosely knotted; he never wore a bow. He was a dandy, extremely elegant, always dressed to the nines. His trousers were exactly the right length to cover the top of his shoes, but even so he always rolled them up to make sure that they wouldn’t get muddy. It was impossible to pay attention to what he was saying because you could sense in every word he said that the subject wasn’t so important, what really mattered was that his trousers had no wrinkes, the fit of his waistcoast could not be faulted and not a speck of dust was allowed to settle on him.

“1920, Zsigmond Móricz, Légy jó mindhalálig (Be Faithful Unto Death), translated by Stephen Vizinczey Ki is csúfolták az elegáns tanárokat, egy jó helyen fel volt írva krétával, hogy:¶ Gyéres Báthori Sarkadi ¶ Három büdös gigerli ¶ Ez volt a latintanár, a számtantanár, meg a rajztanár. Hát a latintanártól nem is latint tanult, hanem azt, hogy tíz év múlva egyszer csak kilobbant benne is a testiség kultusza, s a Gyéres tanár csodálatos önérzete és fesztelensége tette bátorrá és biztos fellépésűvé, mikor olyan társaságba került, ahol erre volt szükség. They mocked the well-dressed, perfumed masters and chalked rhymes about them on the walls where everybody could see them:¶ Gyéres, Báthori, Sarkadi,¶ Three stinking coxcombs.¶ These three taught Latin, mathematics and drawing respectively. Latin wasn’t the most important thing that Misi learned from Mr Gyéres. The Latin master’s loving care for his appearance inspired the boys to emulate his wonderful self-confidence and ease of manner – though in Misi’s case the result showed up only a decade later when he suddenly started worshipping his body and became brave and self-assured in company when bravery and self-assurance were called for.”

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