vidlyftig
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Previously also written vidlöftig, used since 1555. From Middle Low German wîtluftich, same as German weitläufig.
Adjective edit
vidlyftig (comparative vidlyftigare, superlative vidlyftigast)
- (overly) extensive (concretely or abstractly)
- vidlyftiga gester
- sweeping gestures
- vidlyftiga löften
- sweeping promises
- ett vidlyftigt begrepp
- an (overly) broad concept
- en alltför vidlyftig plan
- a much too ambituous plan
- dissolute (overindulging in sensual pleasures)
- att leva vidlyftigt
- to live dissolutely
- vidlyftigt leverne
- a dissolute way of life
Declension edit
| Inflection of vidlyftig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | vidlyftig | vidlyftigare | vidlyftigast |
| Neuter singular | vidlyftigt | vidlyftigare | vidlyftigast |
| Plural | vidlyftiga | vidlyftigare | vidlyftigast |
| Masculine plural3 | vidlyftige | vidlyftigare | vidlyftigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | vidlyftige | vidlyftigare | vidlyftigaste |
| All | vidlyftiga | vidlyftigare | vidlyftigaste |
| 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 | |||
Related terms edit
References edit
- vidlyftig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- vidlyftig in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- vidlyftig in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- 2. vid in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)