zimperlich

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

zimperlich (comparative zimperlicher, superlative am zimperlichsten)

  1. squeamish
  2. prissy

Declension

Derived terms

  • Zimperlichkeit

References

  1. zimperlich in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

Further reading

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