αναξιοπρέπεια

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ἢν μή τις ὥσπερ σφηκιὰν βλίττῃ με κἀρεθίζῃ → may no one squeeze me and tease me like a wasp | may no one smoke me and tease me like a wasp | but if anyone annoys me and rifles my nest, they'll find a wasp inside | still if you wake a wasps' nest then of wasps you must beware

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Greek Monolingual

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έλλειψη αξιοπρέπειας, μικροπρέπεια, μικρότητα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < αναξιοπρεπής. Η λ. μαρτυρείται από τον κληρικό και συγγραφέα Νεόφυτο Δούκα (1760-1845)].