영감

yeonggam · [영감]

lord · sir · husband · elderly man

noun

Meanings

영ː감 · noun

  1. lord; sir(polite form) A person of high social status.
  2. husbandA word used by a wife to refer to or address her husband when they are an aged couple.
  3. elderly man(polite form) An old man.
  4. high official; government dignitary(archaic) A person who is in a high government position such as jeongsampum and jongipum.

영감 · noun

  1. mysterious feeling; queer forebodingA mysterious, queer foreboding or feeling.
  2. inspirationA good, novel idea involving creative activities.

Written Forms

영감Hangul
令監Hanja
靈感Hanja

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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