schabouwelijk

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Possibly from Dutch schabouw (a position of the sails of a mill) +‎ -lijk, from French escabeau, from Latin scabellum, diminutive form of scamnum, from Proto-Indo-European *skap-. This would make sense phonetically but it would be unclear how the meaning of the words transitioned from "a position of the sails of a mill" to "miserable".

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Adjective

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schabouwelijk (comparative schabouwelijker, superlative schabouwelijkst)

  1. (Belgium) poor
    Belgische soccer journalist op VRT: "het was een schabouwelijke eerste helft"
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