mũtendĩ

n. · class 1/2

scoffer, mocker. Scoffer, mocker. A person characterized by arrogance and scorn who ridicules correction, wisdom, or reproof; one who treats serious matters with contempt and refuses to learn or be corrected.

Example: Mũtendi ndendaga kũrũithio; ndangĩĩtĩkĩra gũthiĩ harĩ andũ arĩa ogĩ. (Scoffers do not love reproof;); Mwana mũũgĩ nĩaiguaga ũtaari wa ithe, no mũndũ mũtendi ndarĩ irũithia angĩigua. (A wise son loves correction,)

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