skinntorr
Swedish
editEtymology
editskinn (“skin”) + torr (“dry”)
Adjective
editskinntorr (not comparable)
- skinny with dry (lifeless) skin (of a person or body part)
- (figuratively) dry, lifeless, boring
- skinntorra byråkrater
- lifeless bureaucrats
Declension
edit| Inflection of skinntorr | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | skinntorr | — | — |
| Neuter singular | skinntorrt | — | — |
| Plural | skinntorra | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | skinntorre | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | skinntorre | — | — |
| All | skinntorra | — | — |
| 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 | |||