Polish edit

Etymology edit

From pieniacz +‎ -ctwo.[1] First attested in 1650.[2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pjɛˈɲat͡s.tfɔ/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /pjɛˈɲat͡s.tfɔ/, /pjɛˈɲɒt͡s.tfɔ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -at͡stfɔ
  • Syllabification: pie‧niac‧two

Noun edit

pieniactwo n

  1. barratry (act of persistently instigating lawsuits, often groundless ones)

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “pieniactwo”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  2. ^ Krzysztof Opaliński (1650) Satyry albo przestrogi do naprawy rządu i obyczajów w Polszcze (in Polish), page 126

Further reading edit