oförblommerad
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]o- + förblommerad, the latter compound the past participle of rare förblommera, from Middle Low German vorblômen, vorblûmen, meaning "garnish with flowers". Compare Danish uforblommet, German unverblümt, English unflourished.
Adjective
[edit]oförblommerad (not comparable)
- unvarnished, direct
- Han framförde sin oförblommerade mening
- He expressed his unvarnished opinion
- undisguised
- Han såg på dem med oförblommerad avsky
- He looked at them with undisguised disgust
Declension
[edit]Inflection of oförblommerad | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | oförblommerad | — | — |
Neuter singular | oförblommerat | — | — |
Plural | oförblommerade | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | oförblommerade | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | oförblommerade | — | — |
All | oförblommerade | — | — |
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
[edit]- oförblommerad in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- oförblommerad in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- förblommerad in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)