Where does “복스럽다” come from?

복스럽다 (Korean) comes from Korean -스럽다 — Attached after nouns or roots, to form adjectives expressing the sense of "to have the property/feeling of". Forms p-irregular adjectives.

복스럽다 (Korean): to be happy-looking; to be fat and well-looking; to have plump/chubby cheeks

Definitions

  1. to be happy-looking; to be fat and well-looking; to have plump/chubby cheeks

Ancestry of “복스럽다”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean-스럽다Attached after nouns or roots, to form adjectives expressing the sense of "to have the property/feeling of". Forms p-irregular adjectives
Every word from Korean -스럽다
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