Betekenis (Engels)

  1. shy, bashful, timid
  2. embarrassed
  3. lacking, having a shortage
  4. (obsolete) spoiled, rotten

Frekwensie

B2
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/vərˈleːɣə(n)/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle Dutch verleghen (“weakened, spoilt”), past participle of Middle Dutch verliggen (“to lie wrong, be stuck, whither away”). By surface analysis, ver- + liggen.

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