liderlig
Danish
Etymology
From German liederlich. Cognate with Jutish li'erlig.
Adjective
liderlig
- lustful, horny
- (obsolete, of person, behaviour) immoral, sometimes with connotations of sexuality
- 1843, Ludvig baron Holberg, Den danske Skueplads eller Ludwig Holbergs: samtlige Comodier i eet Bind, page 123:
- Tør din liderlige og vanartige Karl understaae dig til at møde for mit Ansigt?
- Do you, immoral and misbehaved guy, dare to have the audacity to come before my sight?
- 1895, Zacharias Topelius, Feltlaegens historier af Zacharias Topelius: bd. Fra Gustav den tredjes første regeringsaar:
- »Hvor længe skal ærlige Svenske lade udenlandske Fæhunde, Uglspil'er og liderligt Pak, som feder sig med skikkelige Folks Sved og Blod, fuske med Landets Velfærd?
- How long must honest Swedes let foreign fools, jokesters and immoral rabble, who become fat by the sweat and blood of decent people, tamper with the welfare of the country?
- 1820, Theologisk bibliothek, page 142:
- ... hvorledes de traadte Menneskerettigheder under Fødder; sønderbrød det ægteskabelige Baand; udbredte Løsagtighed, Utugt og liderligt Væsen; ...
- ... in which manner they trampled human rights; broke asunder the bond of marriage; propagated promiscuity, fornication and immoral ways; ...
- 1875, Chr NIELSEN (of Ringsted.), Holsteinsminde. Filantropiske Meddelelser, page 70
- Ved at nyde disse Fornøielser bringes unyttige Billeder og Fantasier ind i Børnenes Hoveder, og de begynde snart at efterabe, hvad de see. Musikken regnedes ogsaa til de skadelige Daarligheder, fordi den giver Anledning til liderligt Væsen ...
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- (obsolete) of low quality
- 1939, Vilhelm Rasmus Andreas Anderson, Horats:
- „Lad den uskyldige Skæmt kun frit passere Censuren: / ærbart er mit Liv, liderligt kun mit Papir".
- "Do let the innocent joke freely pass through censorship: / honourable is my life, it is only my paper that is of low quality".
- (obsolete) disgusting, repulsive
- 1855, C. Dredahl, Dramatiske Scener, page 94:
- Nybagte Eder, Forbandelser og liderlige Skjeldsord Udstødtes over os i Fængslets Mørke.
- Newly-baked swears, curses and obscene words of abuse were uttered on us in the darkness of the prison.
Inflection
Inflection of liderlig | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | liderlig | liderligere | liderligst2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | liderligt | liderligere | liderligst2 |
Plural | liderlige | liderligere | liderligst2 |
Definite attributive1 | liderlige | liderligere | liderligste |
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. |
References
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from German liederlich.
Declension
Inflection of liderlig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | liderlig | liderligare | liderligast |
Neuter singular | liderligt | liderligare | liderligast |
Plural | liderliga | liderligare | liderligast |
Masculine plural3 | liderlige | liderligare | liderligast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | liderlige | liderligare | liderligaste |
All | liderliga | liderligare | liderligaste |
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 |
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- liderlig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- liderlig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- liderlig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- liderlig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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