ettrig

Swedish

Etymology

etter (“venom, poison”) +‎ -ig (“-y”). Cognate of English attery.

Adjective

ettrig (comparative ettrigare, superlative ettrigast)

1. energetic and annoyingly intrusive (and stubborn and (somewhat) angry); tenacious, energetic, angry, feisty

   ettriga mygg

   mosquitoes that just won't bloody quit

Usage notes

The intuition is of someone/something energetic (and usually angry) that won't go away.

Declension

Inflection of ettrig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	ettrig	ettrigare	ettrigast
Neuter singular	ettrigt	ettrigare	ettrigast
Plural	ettriga	ettrigare	ettrigast
Masculine plural3	ettrige	ettrigare	ettrigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	ettrige	ettrigare	ettrigaste
All	ettriga	ettrigare	ettrigaste
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

References

• ettrig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ettrig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ettrig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• gitter