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Old English · adjective

gemetlic

Normalised ġemetlīċ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/jeˈmet.liːt͡ʃ/
Syllables
je · ˈmet · liːt͡ʃ (3 syllables)
Modern English
moderate

All forms (12)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gametalīk, equivalent to ġemet + -līċ. Cognate with Old High German gimezlīh (“measured, moderate, appropriate, modest”).

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