torftig.
skimpy, dowdy, feeble, scanty, meagre
Meaning & usage
skimpy, dowdy, feeble, scanty, meagre
Where this word comes from
Equivalent to torft + -ig, from Old Swedish thorftogher, thørftugher, from Old Norse þurftugr, from Proto-Germanic *þurftiz. Cognate of Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍆𐍄𐍃 (þaurfts), Old Saxon thurftig, German dürftig. Doublet of tarvlig.
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