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kasóléttur

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From kas- (heap) +‎ óléttur (pregnant), where "heap" refers to the spherical properties of the stomach of a pregnant woman.[1]

Adjective

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kasóléttur (comparative kasóléttari, superlative kasóléttastur)

  1. highly pregnant
    Synonym: kasbomm
    • Guðmundur G. Hagalín[2]
      ...og svo veit allur bærinn, að þín eigin dóttir, sakleysið og hreinleikinn, situr kasólétt innan við búðarborðið.
      ...and thus the whole town knows that your own daughter, the very picture of innocence and purity, sits pregnant just within the counter.

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