durfloos
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From durf (“bravey, valour”) + -loos (“-less”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
durfloos (comparative durflozer, superlative meest durfloos or durfloost)
- cowardly, undaring, timid
- 1904 December, Daan van der Zee, “Politiekamer”, in Groot Nederland, volume 3, page 599:
- 't Blijft evenwel gedwongen. Karelsen's arm rondt zich om Marie's middel, maar 't gaat zoo durfloos-langzaam, of 't nooit eer is gebeurd.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Inflection edit
| Inflection of durfloos | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | durfloos | |||
| inflected | durfloze | |||
| comparative | durflozer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | durfloos | durflozer | het durfloost het durflooste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | durfloze | durflozere | durflooste |
| n. sing. | durfloos | durflozer | durflooste | |
| plural | durfloze | durflozere | durflooste | |
| definite | durfloze | durflozere | durflooste | |
| partitive | durfloos | durflozers | — | |