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
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