hundörad

Swedish

Etymology

Affix of hundöra (“dog-ear”) +‎ -ad (“-ed”).

Adjective

hundörad (not comparable)

  1. dog-eared (of book or other publication: having its corner folded down)
    • 1861 April 12, Charles Dickens, “Lysande Utsikter [Great Expectations]”, in Nya Dagligt Allehanda, page 2:
      Sedan de mottagit anfallet med alla tecken till gäckeri och förakt, stälde barnen sig i en rad och läto under ett oredigt mummel en hundörad och hundfilad bok gå ur hand i hand.
      After receiving the attack with all signs of mockery and contempt, the children lined up and, amidst a chaotic murmur, let a dog-eared and ragged book pass from hand to hand.

Declension

Inflection of hundörad
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular hundörad — —
neuter singular hundörat — —
plural hundörade — —
masculine plural2 hundörade — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 hundörade — —
all hundörade — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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