kitslig

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German kitzlig (“ticklish”). Doublet of kittlig.

Adjective

kitslig (comparative kitsligare, superlative kitsligast)

1. petty, prickly, easily offended

Declension

Inflection of kitslig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	kitslig	kitsligare	kitsligast
Neuter singular	kitsligt	kitsligare	kitsligast
Plural	kitsliga	kitsligare	kitsligast
Masculine plural3	kitslige	kitsligare	kitsligast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	kitslige	kitsligare	kitsligaste
All	kitsliga	kitsligare	kitsligaste
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

Derived terms

• kitslighet

Further reading

• kitslig in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• kitslig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)