vimsig

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Related to English whimsical. See also whim-wham.

Adjective[edit]

vimsig (comparative vimsigare, superlative vimsigast)

  1. scatterbrained, pixilated

Usage notes[edit]

Often with (endearing) eccentric connotations, like a scatterbrained older lady.

Declension[edit]

Inflection of vimsig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular vimsig vimsigare vimsigast
Neuter singular vimsigt vimsigare vimsigast
Plural vimsiga vimsigare vimsigast
Masculine plural3 vimsige vimsigare vimsigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 vimsige vimsigare vimsigaste
All vimsiga vimsigare vimsigaste
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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