siech
See also: Siech
German
Etymology
From Middle High German siech, from Old High German sioh, siuh, from Proto-Germanic *seukaz. More at English sick.
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siech (comparative siecher, superlative am siechsten)
- (literary) sick; ill; weak; frail; ailing; afflicted
- 1981, Gregor von Rezzori, Der arbeitslose König. Maghrebinische Märchen, Gütersloh: C. Bertelsmann, pages 99–100:
- War er auch schweißgebadet, atemlos und siech vor Erschöpfung hier angelangt, so fühlte er sich mit einemmal frisch und doppelt leistungsfähig.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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