skinhellig

Danish

Etymology

From skin- (“false, pretended”) +‎ hellig (“holy”), a calque of German scheinheilig (1580), itself after Dutch schijnheilig (1557).

Adjective

skinhellig (neuter skinhelligt, plural and definite singular attributive skinhellige)

1. sanctimonious, hypocritical

Inflection

Inflection of skinhellig

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	skinhellig	skinhelligere	skinhelligst2
indefinite neuter singular	skinhelligt	skinhelligere	skinhelligst2
plural	skinhellige	skinhelligere	skinhelligst2
definite attributive1	skinhellige	skinhelligere	skinhelligste

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.

Derived terms

• skinhellighed

Further reading

• “skinhellig” in Den Danske Ordbog