defte
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defte
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From Old English dæfte, from Proto-West Germanic *daftī (“fitting, suitable”).
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defte
- Mild, polite, respectful, modest.
- (rare) Unexciting, boring, rude.
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- “dafte, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-17.