おれもの

Japanese
Alternative spellings
愚者
愚れ者 (uncommon)

Etymology

Compound of おれ (ore, “foolish?”, meaning uncertain; appears to be related to root oro- of 愚か (oroka, “foolish”)) +‎ 者 (mono, “person”).[1][2][3][4]

First attested in a text from 974.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [o̞ɾe̞mo̞no̞]

Noun

おれもの • (oremono) 

  1. [974–???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) a fool, an idiot
    Synonyms: 愚か者 (orokamono), 愚者 (gusha), 馬鹿 (baka), 阿呆 (ahō)

Usage notes

May be obsolete. Various references either do not include any pitch accent information,[3][5] or do not include the entry at all.[6][7]

References
  1. “愚者”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. “愚れ者”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  6. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  7. 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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