abgebrüht

Etymology
Attested from the 16th century. Formally,, based on the idea that things are hardened or “steeled” by boiling (e.g. eggs, compare , 🇨🇬). At the same time, perhaps originally, from vulgar (“to fuck”, also in the sense of “to afflict”), cognate and synonymous with early modern 🇨🇬, from ; meaning that someone is the opposite of “innocent”.

Adjective

 * 1)  callous and cunning; experienced in “the game”, in immoral behaviour