flauw, adjective
- Forms:
- Also flow, flaauw.
- Origin:
- Dutch, AfrikaansShow more Dutch (Afrikaans flou).
obs.
Faint, weak.
1834 T.H. Bowker Journal. 19 Dec.While in Salem river find an Old Joker who had lost himself, his horse is flow.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 173Flauw, Used of men and animals when exhausted by vigorous or long-sustained effort.
Faint, weak.