English
abgeschmackt
Abgeschmackt comes from German abgeschmackt ‘outrageous, tasteless, vulgar’.
- Germanc. 1650–presentabgeschmackt‘outrageous, tasteless, vulgar’
- Englishearliest quotation 1902same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Germanc. 1650–presentabgeschmackt‘outrageous, tasteless, vulgar’
- Englishearliest quotation 1902same form
Earliest quotation: 1902, William James, Lectures XIV and XV: The Value of Saintliness: “The Buddha and Mohammed and their companions and many…”
Every English word from German abgeschmackt
Today it means
adj Outrageous; tasteless.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German abgeschmackt / abgeschmackt