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uppstudsig

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German upstutzig. Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk oppstuss. By surface analysis, upp + studsig.

Adjective

uppstudsig (comparative uppstudsigare, superlative uppstudsigast)

  1. defiant towards someone in a position of authority; insubordinate

Declension

More information Indefinite, positive ...

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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