svulstig

Swedish

Etymology

svulst (“growth; swelling”) +‎ -ig (“-y”). Compare Danish svulstig, German schwulstig, German schwülstig. Doublet of svullen.

Adjective

svulstig (comparative svulstigare, superlative svulstigast)

1. too ornate, bombastic, grandiloquent

Declension

Inflection of svulstig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	svulstig	svulstigare	svulstigast
Neuter singular	svulstigt	svulstigare	svulstigast
Plural	svulstiga	svulstigare	svulstigast
Masculine plural3	svulstige	svulstigare	svulstigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	svulstige	svulstigare	svulstigaste
All	svulstiga	svulstigare	svulstigaste
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

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