Danish

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Etymology

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From skin- (false, pretended) +‎ hellig (holy). Compare German scheinheilig, Dutch schijnheilig.

Adjective

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skinhellig (neuter skinhelligt, plural and definite singular attributive skinhellige)

  1. sanctimonious, hypocritical

Inflection

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Inflection of skinhellig
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular skinhellig skinhelligere skinhelligst2
Indefinite neuter singular skinhelligt skinhelligere skinhelligst2
Plural skinhellige skinhelligere skinhelligst2
Definite attributive1 skinhellige skinhelligere skinhelligste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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