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leidlich.

tolerable; passable; mediocre (only just good enough; not good, but not extremely bad either)

8 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈlaɪ̯tlɪç/

  1. tolerable; passable; mediocre (only just good enough; not good, but not extremely bad either)

    dated · not-comparable
    Er ist ein leidlicher Tennisspieler.
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German līdelich (“patient, enduring”, later also “endurable”). Analysable as leiden (“to suffer”) + -lich (“-ly, -able”); compare similar English sufferable. There was also another adjective, Middle High German leitlich (“painful, sorrowful”), from Old High German leidlīh, which, at least in spelling, was merged with the above in early modern German and which might have influenced the meaning (though this seems not particularly likely). This latter adjective is cognate with Dutch lelijk (“ugly”), English loathly.

adv/ˈlaɪ̯tlɪç/

  1. tolerably; passably; halfway; more or less

    dated
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German līdelich (“patient, enduring”, later also “endurable”). Analysable as leiden (“to suffer”) + -lich (“-ly, -able”); compare similar English sufferable. There was also another adjective, Middle High German leitlich (“painful, sorrowful”), from Old High German leidlīh, which, at least in spelling, was merged with the above in early modern German and which might have influenced the meaning (though this seems not particularly likely). This latter adjective is cognate with Dutch lelijk (“ugly”), English loathly.

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