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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)
- defiant towards someone in a position of authority; insubordinate
Declension
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.
Derived terms
References
- uppstudsig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- uppstudsig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- uppstudsig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- uppstudsig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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