oktalan

From ok (“reason”) +‎ -talan (“un-, -less, without”, privative adjective-forming suffix).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈoktɒlɒn]
• Hyphenation: ok‧ta‧lan
• Rhymes: -ɒn

oktalan (comparative oktalanabb, superlative legoktalanabb)

1. (higher register, of a person or group) unwise, unreasonable, foolish

   Antonym: bölcs

2. (higher register, of an animal) dumb
3. (higher register, of an action or feeling) groundless, baseless, unfounded (without acceptable reason, sufficient basis)

   Synonyms: indokolatlan, alaptalan

oktalan (not comparable)

1. (archaic, higher register) synonym of oktalanul (“foolishly, stupidly”)

oktalan (plural oktalanok)

1. (literary) a foolish person

• oktalan 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.