fnoskig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Unknown. Attested since 1888. Arguably related to Old Swedish fnusker (crazy), possibly to dialectal fnusk (mouldy [wood]). Compare origin of fnöske, fnas (husk), Old Norse fnjóskr (touchwood).

Adjective

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fnoskig (comparative fnoskigare, superlative fnoskigast)

  1. (colloquial) silly, crazy

Declension

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Inflection of fnoskig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular fnoskig fnoskigare fnoskigast
Neuter singular fnoskigt fnoskigare fnoskigast
Plural fnoskiga fnoskigare fnoskigast
Masculine plural3 fnoskige fnoskigare fnoskigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 fnoskige fnoskigare fnoskigaste
All fnoskiga fnoskigare fnoskigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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