mustig

Swedish

Etymology

must +‎ -ig. Compare Danish mostig and German mostig.

Adjective

mustig (comparative mustigare, superlative mustigast)

(of food and drink) richly savory
en mustig viltgryta
a rich game stew

ett mustigt mörkt öl
a rich dark beer
(figuratively) juicy, piquant, coarse (of a story, etc.)
En mustig historia full av kärleksintriger
A juicy story full of love intrigue

Declension

Inflection of **mustig**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	mustig	mustigare	mustigast
neuter singular	mustigt	mustigare	mustigast
plural	mustiga	mustigare	mustigast
masculine plural²	mustige	mustigare	mustigast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	mustige	mustigare	mustigaste
all	mustiga	mustigare	mustigaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

“mustig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“mustig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“mustig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

smugit