eretnek

Borrowed either from Italian eretico or French hérétique, from Latin hereticus, from Ancient Greek αἱρετικός (hairetikós, “able to choose”) + -nek (noun-forming suffix).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛrɛtnɛk]
• Hyphenation: eret‧nek
• Rhymes: -ɛk

eretnek (comparative eretnekebb, superlative legeretnekebb)

1. heretical

eretnek (plural eretnekek)

1. (religion, derogatory) heretic (someone who believes contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to)
2. (figuratively) heretic (someone who does not conform to generally accepted beliefs or practices)

• eretnek in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• eretnek in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).