zimperlich

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German

Etymology

Cognate with Middle Dutch zimperlije, English simper.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

zimperlich (comparative zimperlicher, superlative am zimperlichsten)

  1. squeamish
  2. prissy

Declension

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “zimperlich”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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