svulstig
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
svulst (“growth; swelling”) + -ig (“-y”). Compare Danish svulstig, German schwulstig, German schwülstig. Doublet of svullen.
Adjective edit
svulstig (comparative svulstigare, superlative svulstigast)
- too ornate, bombastic, grandiloquent
Declension edit
| Inflection of svulstig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | svulstig | svulstigare | svulstigast |
| Neuter singular | svulstigt | svulstigare | svulstigast |
| Plural | svulstiga | svulstigare | svulstigast |
| Masculine plural3 | svulstige | svulstigare | svulstigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | svulstige | svulstigare | svulstigaste |
| All | svulstiga | svulstigare | svulstigaste |
| 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 | |||