kirre.
not thinking straight, confused, nervous or slightly hysteric
Meaning & usage
not thinking straight, confused, nervous or slightly hysteric
Lass dich von dem Finanzberater mit seinem Gesäusel bloß nicht kirre machen!
Du machst mich ja ganz kirre in diesem neuen Kleid...
tame, accepting human fodder
tame, docile
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German kirre (“docile”), unrounding of kürre, from Old High German *quirri, *querri, from Proto-Germanic *kwerruz (“calm”). Cognate with Danish kvær, Swedish kvar, Gothic 𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌿𐍃 (qairrus). The semantic development from “docile” to “confused” may have occurred in the context of flirting (kirre machen originally “make weak, amenable”, now usually understood as “make unable to think straight”); likely reinforced by the rhyming word irre (“mad”).
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