taff.
tough, robust, hard-bitten, assertive, socially apt and self-assured, quick-witted
Meaning & usage
tough, robust, hard-bitten, assertive, socially apt and self-assured, quick-witted
Enrique Iglesias über seine Lebensgefährtin: “Ich wünschte, ich wäre nur halb so taff und kämpferisch.”
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from English tough. Perhaps influenced by older toff (“good, cool, well-dressed”), from Yiddish טובֿ (tof), from Hebrew טוֹב (tov, “good”). Compare Dutch tof and English toff. Doublet of zäh.
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