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Etymology

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From Middle High German vrevelhaft. By surface analysis, Frevel +‎ -haft.

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Adjective

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frevelhaft (strong nominative masculine singular frevelhafter, comparative frevelhafter, superlative am frevelhaftesten)

  1. (higher register) reprehensible, wanton, sinful, sacrilegious
    Synonyms: verwerflich, (dated) freventlich

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