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huithapeli.

a careless and carefree person; flake

10 characters4 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhui̯thɑpeli/[ˈhui̯t̪hɑ̝ˌpe̞li]
  1. a careless and carefree person; flake

    informal
Where this word comes from

Probably from huit- + hapeli, the initial component akin to huitukka (“a whimsical person, a carefree person”), the latter a dialectal word akin to hapera (“brittle”), dialectal hapero (“brittle, crumbly; (of a person) silly”). A sound-symbolic influence is evident given the high number of variants (all with scattered attestation), such as huithaapeli, huithaperi, huithaperus, huithaitti. Folk etymologies allege that the term derives from English Whitechapel via sailor slang.

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