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German
Adjective
abgeschmack (strong nominative masculine singular abgeschmacker, not comparable)
- Obsolete form of abgeschmackt (“tasteless, vulgar”).
1669, Schleifheim von Sulsfort [pseudonym; Grimmelshausen], chapter XXII, in Der Abentheurliche Simplicissimus Teutsch [Simplicius Simplicissimus], page 76:Sein geistlicher Sinn und widerwertige Begegnüssen / hemmeten endlich den Lauff seiner weltlichen Glückseeligkeit / so / daß er seinen Adel und ansehenliche Güter in Schotten / da er gebürtig / verschmähet und hindan setzet / weil ihm alle Welthändel abgeschmack / eitel und verwerfflich vorkamen:- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Positive forms of abgeschmack (uncomparable)
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