lichtscheu
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Licht (“light”) + scheu (“shy, elusive”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]lichtscheu (strong nominative masculine singular lichtscheuer, comparative lichtscheuer, superlative am lichtscheuesten or am lichtscheusten)
- (biology, horticulture, medicine) avoiding light, loving shade
- (of people) shady, seedy, involved in criminal activities
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of lichtscheu
Comparative forms of lichtscheu
Superlative forms of lichtscheu
Further reading
[edit]- “lichtscheu” in Duden online
- “lichtscheu” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “lichtscheu” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon