eingefleischt

German

Etymology

From Middle High German īngevleischet, past participle of īnvleischen (“to make flesh; to make incarnate”), a loan translation of Latin incarnō (“I become incarnate”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

eingefleischt (comparative eingefleischter, superlative am eingefleischtesten)

1. inveterate, dyed-in-the-wool, ingrained, chronic