doll
Meaning
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- (informal) firm, hard, forceful, strong (of actions, also of emotions)
- (colloquial) good, great, satisfactory
- (colloquial) extraordinary, remarkable
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Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɔl/
Etymology
Occasionally found in older texts, but chiefly introduced to standard German during the 20th century from Central German and German Low German dialects, from northern Middle High German dol and Middle Low German dol, from Old Saxon dol, from Proto-Germanic *dulaz. Doublet of toll (“great; crazy”), which compare.
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