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(Inglese)

voluptuous, lusty
horny, lusting, randy, sexually focused and/or aroused
too fat/ fertile
too abundantly growing, excessively luscious
(slang) cool
sexy, good looking, pretty

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Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɣɛi̯l/

Ereditato da olandese medio

Ereditato da Old Dutch

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Affine tedesco

Preso in prestito da tedesco

In summary

From Middle Dutch gheil, from Old Dutch *geil, from Proto-West Germanic *gail, from Proto-Germanic *gailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰoylos (“frothing, tempestuous, wanton”). Cognate to English gole, German geil. The slang meaning of "cool" was likely borrowed from German geil.