English Explanatory Dictionary

nadsat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Nadsat.
name
  1. The Russian-influenced argot used by the teenage protagonists in Anthony Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange (1962).

Pronunciation

/ˈnɑːdsət/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Nadsat.wav /ˈnɑdsət/

Word forms

nadsat Nadsats

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian -надцать (-nadcatʹ, “-teen”). The word was coined by English author Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) in his 1962 dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange.

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