pekoral

Swedish

FWOTD – 17 February 2013

Etymology

Attested since 1796 according to Svenska Akademiens ordbok. From pecoralis ("of the cattle"), from pecus ("cattle").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pekʊrˈɑːl/

Noun

pekoral n

1. A text written in a grandiloquent or pompous style but lacking literary quality, thus making it seem overly pretentious or ridiculous.

   Hennes dikter om ängsblommor var ett klockrent pekoral.

   Her poems about meadow flowers were pure pretentious twaddle.

Declension

Declension of pekoral

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	pekoral	pekorals
	definite	pekoralet	pekoralets
plural	indefinite	pekoral	pekorals
	definite	pekoralen	pekoralens

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:pekoral.

References

• pekoral in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pekoral in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• pokaler