snaksom

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Danish

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Etymology

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snak (talk, conversation) +‎ -som or snakke (talk, converse) +‎ -som

Adjective

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snaksom

  1. (now rare) talkative, chatty
    • 2011, Flemming Jensen, Nissebanden i Grønland, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN, page 35:
      Og det var godt, for han var en meget snaksom dreng, og det er ikke særlig sjovt at være snaksom, hvis der ikke er nogen at snakke med.
      And that was good, for he was a very talkative boy, and being talkative is not exactly nice if there is no one with whom to talk.
    • 1845, En religiøs livs-udvikling skildret i breve fra Cornelius, page 5:
      Tidt kommer ogsaa den øvrige Verden, jeg forlod, frem for mig; den er mere snaksom, dens Skikkelser ville jævnlig sladdre i Munden paa hverandre.
      The rest of the world which I left behind also frequently comes before me; it is more talkative, its apparitions would regularly talk over each other.
    • 1874, H Taine, Den engelske Literaturs Historie, page 471:
      Han finder Benævnelsen smuk og gjentager den derfor og giver den et bibelsk Præg: „O snaksomste af alle Æsler, du kommer redet af en Kvinde, ...
      He finds the moniker beautiful, and therefore repeats it and gives it a biblical character: „O chattiest of all donkeys, you come being ridden by a women, ...
    • 1889, Benedicte, Livserindringer, 1813-1857:
      De snaksomste og livligste i disse Selskaber vare uden Tvivl Etatsraad Engelstoft og Professor Jens Møller, ...
      The chattiest and liveliest in these gatherings were, no doubt, etatsraad Engelstoft and professor Jens Møller, ...
    • 1793, Naturhistorie Selskabet, Skrivter, Copenhagen, page 145:
      Hvad vilde han vel sige nu, da vi ved tiltagende Alder ere blevne saa meget snaksommere, og ofte fylde hele Bind med det, hvoraf det egentligen sande og ny maaskee kunde rummes paa eet Blad.
      What would he say now, when we, in our advancing age, have become so much chattier, and often fill entire volumes with that of which the actually true and new might be held within a page.
    • 1857, Søren Kierkegaard, Rasmus Nielsen, S. Kierkegaard's Bladartikler: med bilag samlede efter forfatterens død, page 295:
      ... men som derpaa, da Sagen blev Alvor, paa Prent iagttog den dybeste Taushed, men er — med Sandhedsvidners Mod! — i Skjulthed maaskee desto snaksommere.
      ... but who then, when the case became serious, in printing observed the deepest silence, but are — with the courage of truthful people! — in secret perhaps all the more talkative.

Inflection

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Inflection of snaksom
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular snaksom snaksommere snaksomst2
Indefinite neuter singular snaksomt snaksommere snaksomst2
Plural snaksomme snaksommere snaksomst2
Definite attributive1 snaksomme snaksommere snaksomste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

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