köken: Possibly through Middle Dutch vlau (“limp, weak”) from Old French flou; see further at French flou. If so, a doublet of Dutch flou. Compare with the Walloon flåwe (weak).
Hij haalt soms de flauwste grappen uit! - He pulls the lamest pranks sometimes!
köken: First attested in the Nammyeongjip eonhae (南明集諺解 / 남명집언해), 1482, as Middle Korean 슴겁다 (Yale: sumkepta). By surface analysis, from 심 (sim, “not salty”, root of 심심하다 (simsimhada, “not salty”)) + -겁다 (-geopda).
çekim: karşılaştırma mdlejší · üstünlük nejmdlejší
köken: Inherited from Old Czech mdlý, from Proto-Slavic *mъdьlь of uncertain origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂w- (“weak, dim”). First attested in the 14th century.
unsalted, flavorless · deprived of wit, not clever, dull, stupid, absurd · bungling, awkward
çekim: karşılaştırma insulsior
zıt: callidus, prūdēns, sapiēns, sollers
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Latin salsus Latin īnsulsus From in- (“not”) + salsus (“salted, witty”).