мракобес

мрак (mrak, “darkness”) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ -бе́с (-bés, “-maniac”); the suffix -бе́с (-bés) is cognate with беси́ться (besítʹsja, “to be furious”). Historically, derives from мракобе́сие (mrakobésije), which was coined by Bestuzhev-Marlinsky in the 1810s and popularized by Belinsky.

• IPA^(key): [mrəkɐˈbʲes]

мракобе́с • (mrakobés) m anim (genitive мракобе́са, nominative plural мракобе́сы, genitive plural мракобе́сов, feminine мракобе́ска)

1. obscurant, obscurantist, bigot

• мракобе́сие (mrakobésije)