abderittisk

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

abderitt +‎ -isk, first part from German Abderit (“Abderite”), from Latin Abderita, Abderites, from Ancient Greek Ἀβδηρίτης (Abdērítēs), from Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra, “Abdera”), from a Phoenician word + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, “demonymic suffix”), a back-formation of πολῑ́της (polī́tēs), from both πόλις (pólis, “city, community”), from Proto-Hellenic *ptólis (“city”), from Proto-Indo-European *tpólHis, from *tpelH- (“fortification, city”) + and from -της (-tēs, forms demonyms), from Proto-Hellenic *-tās, probably from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ and *-tós (forms verbal adjectives). Last part from Old Norse -iskr, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abdəˈrɪtːɪsk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪsk
• Hyphenation: ab‧de‧ritt‧isk

Adjective

abderittisk (neuter singular abderittisk, definite singular and plural abderittiske, comparative mer abderittisk, superlative mest abderittisk)

1. (figuratively, literary) abderian (foolish; absurd; ridiculous; inclined to incessant merriment or laughter)

   Synonyms: trangsynt, molboaktig, trangviksk

   • 1918, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter VI,1, page 123:

     en udeelt bestemt liden lyksalig abderitisk øe

     an indeterminately determined little blissful abderian island

   • 1929 January 17, Øvre Richter Frich, A-magasinet, from the article «Opfinnere og opfinnelser efterlyses I», page 2:

     det helt igjennem umoderne og abderitiske apparat, som kalles en fyrstikkeske

     it is completely outdated and abderitic apparatus, which is called a matchbox

   • 1931 June 19, Morgenbladet, C.J. Hambro, page 1:

     en [litteratur]forskning som gjerne har villet kalde sig analytisk, men som mest av alt har været abderitisk i sin frygt for aand

     a [literature] research that has liked to call itself analytical, but which most of all has been abderian in its fear of spirit

References

• “abderittisk” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).