deftig

Significado (Inglês)

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

Hifenizado como

def‧tig

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈdɛftɪç/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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”).