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Dutch
Etymology
From liflaffen (“to grovel, to flatter”), a reduplicative root.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɪf.lɑf/
- Hyphenation: lif‧laf
Adjective
liflaf (comparative liflaffer, superlative liflafst)
- (obsolete) insipid, tasteless
1844, “Provinciale volksalmanakken”, in De Gids, vol. 8, 174:De Geldersche, de oudste der broeders, is beter dan in het vorige jaar. Den flaauwen, gemoedelijken, liflaffen stijl, dien wij meermalen in dit jaarboekje berispten, treft men in dit jaar minder aan.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Noun
liflaf m (plural liflaffen, diminutive liflafje n)
- insipid food
- 1831, Hendrik Kuyper, "De waarheid" (dated January 1831), in Mengelwerk, 212.
Vroeg ik om roast'beef, ik kreeg vla, / En of ik van dien kost, zoo laf, / Den brui, met al den poespas, gaf, / Men dwong mij, uitgevaste vrouw! / Dat ik het toch maar flikken zou; / En of ik riep: Voor Hollands mond / Is al die liflaf ongezond;- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- insipid text(s), bland writing
Derived terms