Sitzfleisch

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 2 German 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From German Sitzfleisch, from sitzen (“‘to sit’”) + Fleisch (“‘flesh’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈzɪtsflaɪʃ/

[edit] Noun

Sitzfleisch (uncountable)

1. The ability to endure or carry on with an activity.
   • 1947, Frank Vigor Morley, "My One Contribution to Chess", Chess Notes, Faber & Faber (1947):

     Sitzfleisch: a term used in chess to indicate winning by use of the glutei muscles--the habit of remaining stolid in one's seat hour by hour, making moves that are sound but uninspired, until one's opponent blunders through boredom.

   • 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin (2004), page 203,

     He never dallied with the image, beloved of the Renaissance, of the lean and shrunk-shanked scholar, possessed of infinite Sitzfleisch and inured to pain.

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[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

From sitzen ‘to sit’ + Fleisch ‘flesh’.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈzɪʦflaɪʃ/

[edit] Noun

Sitzfleisch n.

1. ability to sit still, Sitzfleisch