lungvåt

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Compound of lunga (lung) +‎ våt (wet). First attested in 1738[1]

Adjective

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lungvåt (comparative lungvåtare, superlative lungvåtast)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of genomblöt (soaked, drenched)
    • 1841 September 27, “Hvarjehanda [Miscellanea]”, in Phoneix, page 4:
      Denna otidiga skadeglädje bekom honom dock ganska illa, alldenstund samma person, som räddat Levrault, fattade den skrattande gynnaren i kragen och doppade honom ett par gånger rätt allvarsamt i kanalen, under lifliga bifallsrop af den på kajen församlade folkmängden. Lungvåt och snopen packade sig sedan sprätten, efter erhållet dop, under gatpojkarnes larm och speord från skådeplatsen.
      This untimely delight in another's misfortune did him little good, for the same person who saved Levrault seized the laughing rascal by the collar and dipped him several times quite earnestly in the canal, to the lively cheers of the crowd assembled on the quay. Soaked to the skin and crestfallen, the dandy then departed from the scene of the spectacle, amid the clamor and jeers of the street urchins.
    Synonyms: (obsolete) lungblöt, (obsolete) lungsur

Declension

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Inflection of lungvåt
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular lungvåt lungvåtare lungvåtast
Neuter singular lungvått lungvåtare lungvåtast
Plural lungvåta lungvåtare lungvåtast
Masculine plural3 lungvåte lungvåtare lungvåtast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 lungvåte lungvåtare lungvåtaste
All lungvåta lungvåtare lungvåtaste
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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