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κορόιδο
fool, dupe, laughingstock /ko.ˈro.i.ðo/
nounC1#3360 most common
Also: sucker, butt of a joke, patsy
Example sentences
Δεν είμαι κορόιδο!
I'm not a fool!
Μη με κάνεις κορόιδο.
Don't make a fool of me.
Τον έκαναν κορόιδο μπροστά σε όλη την τάξη.
They made a fool of him in front of the whole class.
Ένιωσα σαν κορόιδο όταν κατάλαβα την αλήθεια.
I felt like a fool when I realized the truth.
Τα κορόιδα πιστεύουν ό,τι τους πουν χωρίς να ρωτήσουν τίποτα.
Fools believe whatever they're told without asking any questions.
Δεν πρόκειται να γίνω το κορόιδο σε ένα παιχνίδι που έχουν στήσει εις βάρος μου από την αρχή.
I'm not going to be the fool in a game they rigged against me from the start.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | κορόιδο | κορόιδα |
| Genitive | κοροΐδου | κοροΐδων |
| Accusative | κορόιδο | κορόιδα |
| Vocative | κορόιδο | κορόιδα |
Word family
κοροϊδεύωto mock, to make fun of, to deceive
κοροϊδίαmockery, a con or deception
κοροϊδευτικόςmocking, taunting
κοροϊδάκιlittle fool (diminutive, often affectionate or dismissive)
Etymology
Κορόιδο entered Greek during the Ottoman period as a loanword from Turkish, and it settled into the meaning of a person who is mocked or easily deceived. Its exact source form in Turkish is debated among Greek etymologists, so no single origin word is firmly established. The word has no inherited Greek or Indo-European root; it is a borrowing, and it produced the everyday verb κοροϊδεύω, meaning to mock or deceive someone.
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