Thread: заумничать

Он не хочет заумничать в этом уроке.
Intended Meaning:
He does not wish to get scientific in this lesson.
(The lesson involves amoebas, but not in a scientific sense.)

Originally Posted by bobert

Он не хочет заумничать в этом уроке.
Intended Meaning:
He does not wish to get scientific in this lesson.
(The lesson involves amoebas, but not in a scientific sense.)

Where did you pick that one up? I have to admit I hardly have any idea what that's supposed to mean. Some context would be nice. I can only guess that it means:

He doesn't want to start talking like a nerd in this class.

Originally Posted by bobert

Он не хочет заумничать в этом уроке.
Intended Meaning:
He does not wish to get scientific in this lesson.
(The lesson involves amoebas, but not in a scientific sense.)

For first glance this phrase looks a bit strange for me, like transfer some extraterrestrial syntax into the russian. It is very rare derivative verb from "зAумь", "заУмный": something between clever and nonsense, abstruse.