Masculine
rotzak
- (masculine) scumbag, fiend
- (Belgium, Brabant, masculine) Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)
- (ethnic, masculine, obsolete, slur) Frenchman, Walloon
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈrɔt.sɑk/
Etymology
Compound rot (“rotten”) + zak (“scrotum, bag”). Reportedly (WNT, De Vries) a bahuvrihi meaning “a syphilitic”. Syphilis was also known as the French disease, explaining why it became a slur for French and Walloon people.
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