First attested in 1835. Fromó(“old, ancient”) +‎-don(nominal-forming suffix). The ending was taken fromtulajdon, erroneously thought of as a suffix, perhaps applied with the purpose of comparison. Created during theHungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.^[1][2][3]

• IPA^(key): [ˈoːdon]
• Hyphenation:ódon
• Rhymes:-on

ódon (comparativeódonabb,superlativelegódonabb)

1. (literary)quaint,antique,ancient,old(evoking the atmosphere of old times in a positive sense)

   Synonyms:régi,régies,patinás

or less frequently

• ódonan

• ódon in Géza Bárczi,László Országh,et al., editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN.

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