neglijent

Forms

neglijent m or n (feminine singular neglijentă, masculine plural neglijenți, feminine/neuter plural neglijente)^[1] Cezar Petrescu still used the older spelling negligent: „În portul înadins negligent” “in his deliberately careless dress” (Cezar Petrescu).^[2] Laurian and Massim also had negligint.^[2][3]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French négligent.^[3][4][2][1] The neologism dictionary of Marcu and Maneca also compares Latin negligēns.^[5] The French word is a learned loan of this Latin form, a variant of neglegēns, the present participle of neglegō (“to neglect”).^[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first record is in Negulici's dictionary of new words, published in 1848.^[3][2]

Semantic evolution

The word first described people who do their duties without enough care; it then came to mean someone careless in dress, and was applied to acts and attitudes that show lack of care.^[2][4] Used as an adverb it describes a casual manner: îmbrăcat neglijent “carelessly dressed”.^[2]

Timeline

• 1848 – in Negulici's dictionary of new words.^[3]
• 1870 – in Costinescu's dictionary.^[2]

Meanings

Adjective

1. negligent: who does not do their duties with enough care; indolent, nepăsător.^[4][3]
2. Careless about one's appearance, with untidy or dirty dress; neîngrijit.^[4][3]
3. Of acts and attitudes: showing a lack of attention, care or interest: un răspuns neglijent.^[4][6]

Related words

• neglija
• neglijență

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. neglijent
3. ^ a b c d e f Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 126
4. ^ a b c d e DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 703
5. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. neglijent
6. ^ Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 3, 187