tamizdat
tamizdat · tamizdats
Writings published abroad and smuggled back into the former USSRWritings published abroad and smuggled back into the former USSR.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Writings published abroad and smuggled back into the former USSR.
Origin
Borrowed from Russian тамизда́т (tamizdát, literally “published there”), from там (tam, “tBorrowed from Russian тамизда́т (tamizdát, literally “published there”), from там (tam, “there”) + изда́ть (izdátʹ).
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Forms
plural: tamizdatsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable