"tharf" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈθɑː(ɹ)f/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more tharf [comparative], most tharf [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)f Etymology: From Middle English therf, from Old English þeorf (“unleavened, fresh, skim”), from Proto-West Germanic *þerb, from Proto-Germanic *þerbaz (“unleavened, simple”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terbh-, *(s)trebh- (“rigid, stiff, tight”). Cognate with German derb (“rough, coarse, rude”), Old Frisian therve, Middle Dutch derf, Middle High German derp, Icelandic þjarfur (“unleavened”) and Ancient Greek τέρπω (térpō). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|therf}} Middle English therf, {{inh|en|ang|þeorf|t=unleavened, fresh, skim}} Old English þeorf (“unleavened, fresh, skim”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*þerb}} Proto-West Germanic *þerb, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*þerbaz|t=unleavened, simple}} Proto-Germanic *þerbaz (“unleavened, simple”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)terbh-}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)terbh-, {{cog|de|derb|t=rough, coarse, rude}} German derb (“rough, coarse, rude”), {{cog|ofs|therve}} Old Frisian therve, {{cog|dum|derf}} Middle Dutch derf, {{cog|gmh|derp}} Middle High German derp, {{cog|is|þjarfur|t=unleavened}} Icelandic þjarfur (“unleavened”), {{cog|grc|τέρπω}} Ancient Greek τέρπω (térpō) Head templates: {{en-adj}} tharf (comparative more tharf, superlative most tharf)
  1. (obsolete, regional British) Stiff, unsocial, rough in manner. Tags: British, obsolete, regional Derived forms: tharf-cake, tharcake, tharfish

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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