melig
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From meel (“flour”) + -ig (“-y”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
melig (comparative meliger, superlative meligst)
- mealy
- (chiefly Belgium) hokey, sappy, cheesy
- Synonym: klef
- being bored (and) silly, cheerful (of mood)
- Zij is in een melige bui vandaag. Geen wonder, ze verveelt zich te pletter.
- She is in a silly cheerful mood today. Little surprise, she is bored stiff
Inflection[edit]
| Inflection of melig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | melig | |||
| inflected | melige | |||
| comparative | meliger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | melig | meliger | het meligst het meligste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | melige | meligere | meligste |
| n. sing. | melig | meliger | meligste | |
| plural | melige | meligere | meligste | |
| definite | melige | meligere | meligste | |
| partitive | meligs | meligers | — | |