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German
Etymology
From Middle High German sūmeselic. Equivalent to obsolete Saumsal (“neglect, tardiness”) + -ig; the former from säumen (older also saumen) + -sal. Now sometimes associated with unrelated selig (“happy, carefree”), thus “neglect-happy” as it were.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzaʊ̯mˌzeːlɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /-ˌzeːlɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: saum‧se‧lig
Adjective
saumselig (strong nominative masculine singular saumseliger, comparative saumseliger, superlative am saumseligsten)
- (dated, higher register) tardy, dilatory, delinquent
- Synonym: säumig
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