deftig

Signification

1. firm, rough, coarse (most often of speech or behaviour)
2. substantial, hearty, rustic
3. (dated,regional) solid, presentable

Coupé comme

def‧tig

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈdɛftɪç/

Étymologie

Via German Low German from Dutch deftig, itself seemingly from West Frisian. The original sense of the Dutch word is not quite clear but would have run on the lines of “suitable, solid, weighty”. The further semantic development has been such that the word now, arguably, has opposite senses in German (“coarse, rustic”) and Dutch (“refined, genteel”).