skinntorr
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
skinn (“skin”) + torr (“dry”)
Adjective[edit]
skinntorr (not comparable)
- skinny with dry (lifeless) skin (of a person or body part)
- (figuratively) dry, lifeless, boring
- skinntorra byråkrater
- lifeless bureaucrats
Declension[edit]
Inflection of skinntorr | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | skinntorr | — | — |
Neuter singular | skinntorrt | — | — |
Plural | skinntorra | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | skinntorre | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | skinntorre | — | — |
All | skinntorra | — | — |
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 |