öfuguggi

Icelandic

Etymology

From öfugur +‎ uggi, literally “with fins turning the wrong way”.

Noun

öfuguggi m (genitive singular öfugugga, nominative plural öfuguggar)

  1. (dated, derogatory) a pervert, a man with unusual sexual desires
    Synonyms: perri, pervert
  2. (derogatory) a homosexual
    Synonyms: öfugur, hommi
  3. (dated) an eccentric person
    Synonyms: sérvitringur, furðufugl
    • 1930, Verkamaðurinn, 27 September 1930, Issue 80, p 1:
      Hafa ýmsir á það drepið áður, hve miklir öfuguggar vér Íslendingar erum, að kunna ekki að notfæra oss jafn næringarríka og ódýra fæðutegund og síldin er
      Various people have brought up before what eccentrics we Icelanders are, not able to take advantage of as nutritious and cheap a food as herring
  4. (folklore) a mythological poisonous fish whose fins are the wrong way

Declension

Declension of öfuguggi (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative öfuguggi öfugugginn öfuguggar öfuguggarnir
accusative öfugugga öfuguggann öfugugga öfuguggana
dative öfugugga öfugugganum öfuguggum öfuguggunum
genitive öfugugga öfuguggans öfugugga öfugugganna

References

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “öfuguggi”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
  • “öfuguggi” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
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