fortærsket
Danish
editEtymology
editfor- (“mis-, excessively”) + tærsket (“thresh”), the metaphor maybe being trying to extract grain from chaff after it has been exhausted. Compare German abgedroschen.
Adjective
editfortærsket (plural and definite singular attributive fortærskede, comparative mere fortærsket, superlative (predicative) mest fortærsket, superlative (attributive) mest fortærskede)