pesthekel

Dutch

Etymology

From pest (“pestilence”) +‎ hekel (“dislike, hatred”); the former element is used as an intensifier, per the common Dutch practice of using diseases as intensifiers in compound words (compare kanker-).

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Noun

pesthekel m (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) an intense hatred or dislike
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