몰골

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Cheong'eo Nogeoldae (淸語老乞大 / 청어노걸대), 1765, as Early Modern Korean 몰골 (Yale: mwolkwol). The second element is 꼴 (kkol, “appearance”), but the meaning of 몰 is not clear.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?molgol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?molgol
McCune–Reischauer?molgol
Yale Romanization?mol.kol

Noun

몰골 • (molgol)

  1. a shabby or repulsive appearance (of a person or thing)
    어제 밤을 샜더니 몰골이 말이 아니야.
    eoje bam-eul saetdeoni molgor-i mari aniya.
    I stayed up last night, so I look truly terrible.
    나무에서 떨어진 시체는 몰골이 처참했다.
    namu-eseo tteoreojin siche-neun molgor-i cheochamhaetda.
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