sittsam
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Middle High German sitsam, Old High German situsam, corresponding to Sitte + -sam
Pronunciation
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[edit]sittsam (strong nominative masculine singular sittsamer, comparative sittsamer, superlative am sittsamsten)
- (dated) demure, decent
- 1908, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Ecce Homo[1]:
- Meine Erfahrungen selbst mit Solchen, an denen Jedermann schlechte Erfahrungen macht, sprechen ohne Ausnahme zu deren Gunsten; ich zähme jeden Bär, ich mache die Hanswßrste noch sittsam.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (dated) prudish
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