stirrig

Swedish

Etymology

stirra (“stare”) +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

stirrig (comparative stirrigare, superlative stirrigast)

1. upset or nervous (and scatterbrained as a result), jumpy, twitchy

Usage notes

Think someone jittery with a staring look on their face.

Declension

Inflection of stirrig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	stirrig	stirrigare	stirrigast
Neuter singular	stirrigt	stirrigare	stirrigast
Plural	stirriga	stirrigare	stirrigast
Masculine plural3	stirrige	stirrigare	stirrigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	stirrige	stirrigare	stirrigaste
All	stirriga	stirrigare	stirrigaste
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

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