An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/zimperlich

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by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2518892An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — zimperlichJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

zimperlich, adjective, ‘prim. prudish, affected,’ a Middle German form for the genuine Upper German zimpferlich; compare Middle Dutch zimperlije, usually simpellje, equivalent to Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish dialectic simper, semper, ‘fastidious,’ English to simper.